The Top Four Issues for Black Voters This Midterm?
Last week Terrance Woodbury, CEO of HIT Strategies, a millennial and minority-owned public opinion research firm, admitted President Biden’s approval rating amongst black voters dropped from 86 percent to 78 percent, and 72 percent of black voters stated that their lives have not improved since Biden took office.
Woodbury suggested that the Democratic Party has to demonstrate to black voters that progress has already been made on their top issues. That’s the only way to get the high black voter turnout that is desperately needed to defeat the Republicans in the midterm election.
HIT Strategies conducted a poll to make a progress report. The “top four” issues polled were Racial Justice, Climate Justice, Economic Justice, and Criminal Justice Reform.
As far as the first three, it is important to remember that when an issue ends in “justice”, that means it’s a subcategory of “social justice”, but “social justice” is a progressive priority not necessarily a priority for the average black voter.
On Racial Justice, 88 percent of those polled believe progress was made in this area because the Biden Administration declared white supremacy a national threat and Congress passed an anti-lynching bill.