Very interesting how this is happening….
A survey revealed a number of young voters are becoming more conservative than their boomer parents, NPR reported.
Associate professor at California State University, Sacramento and the principal investigator of the Black Voter Project, Christopher Towler, took a deep dive into why voters like Iro are so disconnected from politics. “Black voters know the importance of elections. They understand what it means to have representation,” Towler said.
“But at the same time, they don’t necessarily feel like they’re being represented by either side of the aisle right now.”
One reason Towler said he sees a shift in Black Americans isn’t identifying with what politicians and parties claim as “wins” within their communities. As the Biden Administration continues to celebrate historic feats that cater to Black voters, including lowering Black unemployment and a massive increase in Black small business loans and grants, people may not see opportunities for themselves. “I think there’s an overall sentiment that they want something to support. They really understand the importance of this moment,” he said.
“But at the same time, they’re not necessarily sure that their vote is going to change much.”
Towler also thinks another reason young voters lean on the GOP is that the Civil Rights Movement is a distant history. Gen Z voters are now twice or three times removed from a civil rights generation.
Some Black conservative voters in the battleground state of Wisconsin, according to Spectrum News, have already decided that Trump will be getting their vote. David King, a former candidate for mayor of Milwaukee, says politicians have “selective amnesia” and “forget that they told us four years ago that they were going to do something for us.” “The Black community is in an abusive relationship with both parties right now, and I know I’m going to get in trouble [for] saying this, so don’t edit it,” King said.
“But they are in an abusive relationship because it’s like a person [who] abuses a woman. In public, they are so nice to you. They make you think they really love that person, and then when they get home, they abuse that person.”
However, even with that analogy, King said he had already decided he would vote for Trump, who called the city of Milwaukee “horrible” when it hosted the Republican National Convention.
Source: Black Enterprise
