AND CHECK IN WITH HIM PERHAPS
AFTER THE ELECTION.
ELLISON BARBER, THAT WAS GREAT.
THANKS FOR THAT.
>>> BLACK VOTERS COULD TIP THE
SCALES IN THIS ELECTION.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SIGNS THAT
TURN OUT AMONG THIS KEY VOTING
BLOC COULD RIVAL WHAT WE SAW IN
2008 WITH BARACK OBAMA AT THE
TOP OF THE TICKET.
THAT DOESN’T NECESSARILY
GUARANTEE A HUGE ADVANTAGE FOR
JOE BIDEN.
IN 2016 BLACK WOMEN VOTED 94%,
94% VOTED FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
BUT ONLY 82% OF BLACK MEN MADE
THAT SAME CHOICE.
TO BREAK THAT DOWN IS SOMETHING
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS HONING IN.
AS "THE ATLANTIC"’S ADAM HARRIS
NOTED IN HIS PIECE TITLED "WHY
BIDEN NEEDS BLACK MEN."
ADAM JOINS ME NOW.
YOU TOOK A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO
DO TO REACH BLACK MEN INCLUDING
HAVING KAMALA HARRIS APPEAR AT
BARBER SHOPS AND VIRTUAL
CONVERSATIONS WITH PROMINENT
BLACK LEADERS LIKE MAGIC
JOHNSON. WALK US THROUGH THE STRATEGY
WALK US THROUGH THE STRATEGY
THAT THE CAMPAIGNS EMPLOYEE.
>> THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN NOT ONLY
NEEDS TO MATCH THE NUMBERS OF
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016, BUT
ALSO ENERGIZE THIS BASE OF BLACK
MALE VOTERS.
ESSENTIALLY THEY’VE BEEN HOSTING
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
THIS SHOP TALK EVENTS WHICH
ESSENTIALLY BRING TOGETHER
MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY,
MAINLY VIRTUALLY NOW, BUT THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME IN-PERSON’S
VENTS, SOCIALLY DISTANCED,
MASKS, LIMITED CROWDS, TO TRY TO
EXPLAIN AND ALSO LISTEN TO WHAT
BLACK MEN ARE SAYING.
ON WEDNESDAY THEY’LL HAVE BARACK
OBAMA IN PHILADELPHIA -- IN
PENNSYLVANIA, ILL SHOULD SAY,
DOING AN EVENT, A DRIVE-IN RALLY
WHERE HE’LL BE SPEAKING THE
BLACK VOTERS, BLACK MEN
SPECIFICALLY.
AS THE GOVERNOR SAID IN DETROIT,
TRUMP WON THE STATE BY 10,704
VOTES.
HE SAID I CHALLENGE YOU THERE
ARE 11,000 BLACK MEN IN MICHIGAN
THAT CAN HELP TURN THE TIDE.
>> 13% OF BLACK MEN VOTED FOR
THE PRESIDENT IN 2016.
THERE ARE SOME SIGNS, ALBEIT
SOME OF THEM ARE AN NOEK TOTAL.
THERE ARE SIGNS THE PRESIDENT
MAY BE MAKING INROADS WITH BLACK
VOTERS.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?
>> SO ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU
WILL SEE THAT MEN TEND TO BE
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN WOMEN.
POLL AFTER POLL SHOWS THAT.
IN WHITE MEN, LATINO VOTERS,
BLACK VOTERS, ACROSS
DEMOGRAPHICS THAT MEN TEND TO BE
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN WOMEN.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GULF
AMONG BLACK AMERICANS, IT’S
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SUCH AN OUTSIDE
PROPORTION OF BLACK WOMEN VOTING
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
SO JUST CONSIDERING THE -- WHAT
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
TRYING TO EMPHASIZE, THEY’VE
BEEN TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THE
ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION.
WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH ONE OF
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRS,
ONE OF THE THINGS HE WAS SAYING
IS THAT BLACK MEN ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WORRIED ABOUT
JOBS, WORRIED ABOUT EDUCATION,
WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING
TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES.
ESSENTIALLY THE ARGUMENT IS THAT
THEY KNOW AND BLACK MEN KNOW
WHAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
HAS DONE OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS ABOVE
WHERE IT WAS IN JANUARY 2017.
41% OF BLACK BUSINESSES HAVE
CLOSED AS A RESULT OF THE
PANDEMIC
60% OF BLACK FAMILIES ARE
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY OR
REPORTS THEY’RE STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY.
ESSENTIALLY THEY’RE TRYING TO
LEAN ON THAT AND SAYING THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WILL KIND
OF REBUILD THE ECONOMY AND MAKE
SURE THAT YOU HAVE KIND OF
THOSE -- IT WILL TAKE THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY.
IT WILL TAKE ALL THESE OTHER
ISSUES SERIOUS TO MAKE SURE YOU
ALL HAVE THE RESOURCES YOU NEED
TO CONTINUE LIVING AND THRIVING
UNDER.
>> YOU INTRODUCED A CONCEPT IN
YOUR PIECE REALLY KWLIKQUICK, I
BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT TRUMP
CURIOUS, FOUR YEARS AGO.
WHAT IS THAT FOR FOLKS WHO
HASN’T READ IT?
>> TRUMP CURIOSITY IS THIS IDEA
THAT AS A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN
PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS WHAT IT
TAKES, HE KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO
MAKE IT IN AMERICA AND HE COULD
ESSENTIALLY CONVERT THOSE INTO
POLICIES ON THE BACK END.
REPRESENTATIVE CEDRIC RICHMOND
SAID AFTER SEEING FOUR YEARS OF
HIS POLICIES AND SEEING THAT
HASN’T COME TO FRUITION FOR THE