WELL, WE DON’T EVEN CARE.
WITH THAT, I’LL TURN TO YOU,
JERRY GONZALEZ.
I FIND INTERESTING ABOUT THE
LATINO VOTING BLOC IN GEORGIA IS
THAT IT HAS INCREASED AT THE
SAME NUMBER AS REGISTERED WHITE
VOTERS, BUT HERE’S THE KEY
DIFFERENCE.
THERE ARE FAR FEWER LATINO
VOTERS IN GEORGIA.
THE FACT THEY’VE INCREASED
ALMOST 100,000 EACH
PROPORTIONATELY, LATINO VOTERS
HAVE FAR OUT-PERFORMED WHITE
VOTERS IN THE STATE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, YES.
LATINO VOTERS CERTAINLY, WHEN WE
STARTED AS AN ORGANIZATION, WERE
ONLY 10,000 LATINO VOTERS STATE
WIDE.
IT’S ESTIMATED NOW WE HAVE ABOUT
250,000 LATINO VOTERS STATE
WIDE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN
OUTPERFORMING THE NATIONAL
LATINO VOTER PARTICIPATION RATE
FOR SEVERAL ELECTION CYCLES
GOING.
SO AS THE MARGINS AND
COMPETITIVE STATE-WIDE RACES IN
GEORGIA DECREASE, STRENGTH OF
THE LATINO VOTE CONTINUES TO
INCREASE.
SO WE DO THIS NOT JUST FOCUSING
ON THE LATINO COMMUNITY BUT
WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH
OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT
BUILDING POWER ACROSS RACES TO
ENSURE ALL OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE
A VOICE AT THE TABLE.
THAT’S REALLY WHAT WE’RE DOING
HERE IN GEORGIA.
>> YEAH.
I THINK, LOOK.
LOOKING AT FACES THE FOLKS AT
HOME SEE ON-SCREEN, THE POCKETS
OF VOTER EXIST ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND ARE VERY IMPORTANT
DECIDERS OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS.
I HAVE TO GO TO YOU NOW,
MONDALE.
THE OP-ED YOU WROTE IN THE
"DALLAS MORNING NEWS" WAS LIKE A
SUNDAY MORNING SERMON.
I WANT TO READ A QUICK LINE.
USUALLY PROGRESSIVES LOSE
ELECTIONS DUE TO ANTIQUATED
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES MISGUIDED
BY A CONSULTANT CLASS THAT FAILS
TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO MOVE BLACK
COMMUNITIES TO THE POLLS AND THE
RESULT STAYS THE SAME.
LIBERALS LEFT SHOPPING
CANDIDATES TO WHITE-LEANING
CANDIDATES WHO RARELY VOTE FOR
THOSE CANDIDATES DOING LESS WORK
TURNING OUTINGS THE PARTY’S
NATURAL BASE, BLACK VOTERS.
MY FRIEND, WHEN IT COMES TO
BLACK MEN FEW ENTER THAT IN
CONVERSATION.
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE BLACK
WOMEN DO.
HOW IT FEELS TO SEE PEOPLE
LEAPFROG OVER US AND TRY TO GO
AFTER SUBURBAN WOMEN, EUPHEMISM
FOR WHITE WOMEN, WHO LEFT A LONG
TIME AGO.
SCHOOL US ON CENTERING BLACK
MEN, ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT, TO
THE DEMOCRATIC VOTING BASE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LEAPFROGGING
DEMOGRAPHICS, BLACK VOTERS
DEFINITELY ARE LEAPFROGGED AND
BLACK MEN, ESPECIALLY
CONSIDERING THE FACT THIS COUNTRY MADE BLACK MEN THE FIRST
COUNTRY MADE BLACK MEN THE FIRST
GUINEA PIG FOR VOTER SUE PRIGSEE
I’M
-- SUPPRESSION.
ARE YOU THERE?
GETTING FEEDBACK.
>> YOU’RE THERE.
>> I WAS SAYING BLACK MEN WITH
PASSAGE OF THE 15th AMENDMENT
BECAME THE FIRST TARGETS OF
VOTER SUPPRESSION AND IT’S NEVER
STOPPED IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE SEE THE WAY THE TRADITIONAL
CAMPAIGNS ARE RAN IN THIS
COUNTRY ARE TRANSACTIONAL AND
APPROACH BLACK MEN ONE OR TWO
MONTHS OUT BEFORE AN ELECTION
WITH PROVERBIAL CHURCH FANS AND
CHICKEN THINKING IT’S ENOUGH.
NONE IS.
THEY THINK WE’RE APATHETIC OR
APOLITICAL.
LESS NOTHERE’S NO APOLITICAL BLA
MEN IN THE COUNTRY.
IF SO, WE’VE FAILED AT OUR
EFFORTS TO REACH THEM.
WHAT WE DO AT THE BLACK MALE
VOTERS PROJECT, START ADD
PROGRAM BASED IN LESSONS LEARNED
FROM THE HIERARCHY NEEDS TELLS
US IF A PEOPLE DON’T HAVE BASIC
NEEDS MET THEY CAN’T THINK ABOUT
THINGS SELF-ACTUALIZATION.
WE PRESENT OUR POLITICS TO BLACK
MEN IN THIS COUNTRY IS
SELF-ACTUALIZATION.
UNTIL WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO
ADDRESS THINK QUALIFIED
IMMUNITY, THE ISSUES THEY
ADDRESS DEFINITELY ARE, FALL
UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
NOT TALKING HOW TO PUT TRADES
BACK INTO SCHOOLS SO BROTHERS
CANNOT BE A PART OF THIS RACIST
HIRING PROCESS WE CALL AMERICA’S
WORK FORCE, NOT TALKING HOW TO
DEAL WITH THIS THEN WE’RE
WASTING TIME REACHING OUT TO
BROTHERS.
NOT ONLY WASTING TIMES, IT’S THE
EXACT REASON WHY NEARLY HALF THE
BLACK MEN IN THIS COUNTRY
REGISTERED TO VOTE FOR FIVE
YEARS HAVE NOT VOTED MORE THAN
FIVE YEARS, SORRY.
FIVE CONSECUTIVE ELECTIONS HAVE
NOT VOTED IN THOSE ELECTION
CYCLES.
IT’S THE WORK OF US, BLACK
PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE COLOR, TO
TURN OUT OUR COMMUNITY.
SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE YOU GO
ON.
>> QUICKLY.
GOT TO WRAP.
YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I WANT TO SAY, THOUGH, IS, IT IS
NOT CANDIDATES OR PARTIES THAT
ARE RESPONSIBLE.
JOE BIDEN IS THE RECIPIENT OF
THE VOTER TURNOUT IN GEORGIA BUT
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
SAME TRUE FOR WHAT’S ABOUT TOO
HAPPEN IN THE RUNOFF.
WHAT IS AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
ARE THE PEOPLE SITTING AT THIS
TABLE NOW TURNED OUT 104,000
BLACK MEN THAT DID NOT VOTE FOR