RALEIGH — De’Andre Birch was confused. Sitting around a table during a focus group this month, he listened as the moderator read example after example of how the Biden administration has improved the economy. He wondered why he was hearing some of this for the first time.
“They need to start running their mouths more,” he said. A 28-year-old recent graduate student from Clayton, North Carolina, he relies on gig work to help support his family and has had trouble making ends meet. He’s pessimistic about the economy and President Joe Biden’s ability to fix it. While Birch has voted against former President Donald Trump twice, he was unsure whether he’ll vote for Biden in November or just sit this one out.
“I definitely feel alone,” he told NOTUS. Does the Democratic Party fail to reach men like him?