Democrats picked up early that the party has lost ground with Black voters since 2020.
Full-scale efforts to appeal to Black voters, Kamala Harris’ candidacy and the newfound momentum around it appear to have helped to regain some support, but Black community leaders fear that Democrats’ messaging is still struggling to break through with young Black men.
“I’m meeting and talking with Black men and boys all the time all over the country and they’re telling me that politics isn’t for them,” Michael DeVaul, national executive director of Boys and Young Men of Color, told NOTUS. “I would say to the Democratic Party, you need to be going to pull these boys into the conversation.”