Voting for Republicans, or not voting at all, (or voting for a third party), doing those things does not support Black Americans.
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80% of Black Americans vote for Democrats.
Anyone who fails to also vote for Democrats is saying one of two things:
- Those Black folks do not know what is best for them, since everyone is better off when Republicans are elected.
- I do not care what is best for Black folks. I do not want to help them, and maybe I want to harm them.
I must be a slow learner, because I was not keenly aware of that until now.
Let us look at the election results of the last three Presidential elections:
en.wikipedia.org/…
In the 2016 election, Trump got almost 63 million votes.
Hillary Clinton got almost 66 million votes, but you all know how the Electoral College gave the victory to Trump.
But go back to the 63 million votes for Trump.
Keep that number in mind as we go to the 2020 election:
en.wikipedia.org/...
In 2020, Trump got more than 74 million votes.
Yes, Joe Biden got more than 81 million votes, and he got the Electoral College win.
But look at Trump’s numbers again.
He went from 63 million votes to 74 million votes.
He gained 11 million votes.
Democrats gained 15 million votes.
Clearly, 26 million more voters came out and voted.
en.wikipedia.org/…
In 2024, Trump’s number of votes was about the same, 74 million votes.
Kamala Harris got about 71 million votes.
So, about 10 million voters voted for Biden, but not Harris and not Trump.
So, how do we win in 2028?
Since I think it is likely that some (at least a few) of the Trump voters do not actually hate Black Americans, maybe we can persuade some of them that the only way they can prove that they do not hate Black Americans, is to vote for Democrats, for the reasons stated above.
That may be very difficult to do and may not ever get a lot of voters to change sides, but it might be worth a try.
Now for the 10 million voters who voted for Biden, but not Harris:
Most likely the vast majority of them truly do not hate Black Americans.
We need to explain to them what I stated above: the only way to show that you do not hate Black Americans is to vote for Democrats.
That is the only way.
I have one more idea about winning in 2028.
But I have been struggling with depression during my Monday, and this diary so far is making me feel better.
So, I will end this diary here and write about that other idea next week.
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