How Black voter turnout could impact the 2024 presidential race

Black voters person historically played a pivotal domiciled successful American elections. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile President Donald Trump person been trying to summation their support arsenic Election Day unfolds connected Tuesday successful nan U.S. 

"I deliberation complete nan people of nan past week, we've seen a existent surge, and it's almost a consciousness of adjacent pressure. If your neighbors are excited, you're nan only 1 connected nan artifact that ain't excited, we're pushing you to get excited," said Ed Gordon, a CBS News contributor.

According to Pew Research, nan number of Black eligible voters successful nan U.S. is estimated to beryllium much than 34 million, which is up 7% from nan past statesmanlike predetermination successful 2020. Black voters relationship for 14% of each eligible voters.

Some polls person shown reservations among Black antheral voters, a caller CBS News poll shows 87% of apt Black voters are supporting Harris complete Trump. 

"I besides deliberation nan rhetoric that we've heard from Donald Trump complete nan people of nan past week, week and a half is really moving Black America to say, 'This is not nan man for us,' including Black men," said Gordon.

LaTosha Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter, told "CBS Mornings" that various factors person been cardinal to proceed Black elector turnout.

"There are Black organizations, erstwhile you look astatine nan faith-based community, erstwhile you look astatine societal justness organizations, group are connected nan crushed doing work," she said.

More than 83 cardinal votes were formed during early voting successful nan tight presidential race.

Nearing nan extremity of nan campaign, Harris released an ad successful nan Philadelphia market, aimed astatine winning complete Black men.

"There's interest successful Philadelphia whether aliases not Black elector turnout is going to beryllium large enough, but nan thought of Kamala Harris knocking connected doors and nan large announcement that she is going to beryllium headquartered coming connected Howard University's campus, her alma mater says a batch to African Americans connected who this female is and what she's saying to nan Black organization and Black voters," Gordon said.

Harris rallied connected nan nighttime earlier nan Election Day successful Philadelphia aft making aggregate stops crossed nan Keystone State. Meanwhile, Trump spent Monday successful North Carolina and Pennsylvania earlier his last rally successful Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Gordon said efforts to get Black voters to nan polls successful support of Harris are crucial.

"The crushed crippled successful nan Black organization is going to beryllium huge," Gordon said. "There is simply a tremendous push to get group retired connected this past time to effort to put her complete nan top."

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• Voter Turnout
• Kamala Harris
• Donald Trump
• Election
• 2024 Elections