With three weeks until election day, the Democratic candidate needs to shore up her standing among black men, whose traditional support for Democrats appears to be softening.
In the lead-up to the US election we will be sending a special Harris v Trump edition of our What in the World newsletter every Tuesday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletterYesterday I was out taking a brief walk in my bustling DC neighbourhood when I came across a man holding a giant sign.Farrah Tomazin
What’s more, even though 78 per cent of black voters in the poll say they plan to vote for Harris in November, this is substantially down on the 90 per cent Biden received when he beat Trump by a narrow margin four years ago.Kamala Harris applauds alongside former congresswoman Eva Clayton and Bishop Rosie O’Neal, during a church service at Koinonia Christian Centre in Greenville, North Carolina, on Sunday.
“I’ve never seen president Obama chastise white men like that, or white women like that,” says the DC-based tennis instructor. “I understand what he’s trying to do, but it’s a little misplaced.”Former Democrat Chris Salley quit the party last year, partly because of a concern Joe Biden was too old for a second presidency.
“Now what are we getting? Those same positions and stances but in a new, superficial package. When I see how closely Kamala Harris is tying herself to the Biden administration’s policies, it shows me that the Democratic Party still isn’t listening.”Comments like these are an ominous sign for the Harris campaign, which knows it can’t just bank on a wave of support from voters simply because they like the idea of having the first black woman in the Oval Office.
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