WHERE ABOUT 60% OF DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE BLACK.
>> Reporter: IN CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA, I MET WITH MEMBERS OF
A GROUP WHO MEET UP OFTEN TO
TALK ABOUT FAMILY, FAITH AND
POLITICS.
POLITICS. NEARLY ALL ARE BLACK.
COLLEGE EDUCATED, AND IN THEIR
EARLY TO MID-30s.
THERE ARE ABOUT THIRD OF THEM IN
ALL, A SEEMINGLY HOMOJ NEWS
GROUP.
GROUP. BUT THESE MEN AND WOMEN AREN’T
NECESSARILY ON THE SAME PAGE
WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY.
PRIMARY. >> THERE’S AN IDEA THAT BLACK
VOTERS IN THE BLACK VOTERS LIKE
A MILE, ONE BIG BLOCK AND IT’S
BIDEN.
BIDEN. THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE
WITHIN YOUR FRIEND GROUP?
>> I WOULDN’T SAY SO.
NOT AT ALL.
MATTER OF FACT I THINK I
PROBABLY HEAR HIS NAME LESS THAN
A LOT OF THE OTHERS.
>> WHICH OTHER NAMES DO YOU
HEAR?
HEAR? >> PREVIOUSLY IT WAS HARRIS,
KAMALA, YOU HEAR YANG A LOT.
>> YEP.
>> YEP. >> CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT, IS IT
BUTTIGIEG.
BUTTIGIEG. >> BUTTIGIEG.
>> BUTTIGIEG. >> BUTTIGIEG.
>> BUTTIGIEG. YOU HEAR HIS NAME EVERY NOW AND
AGAIN.
AGAIN. AND THEN BERNIE.
>> THIS IS 2020.
WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
IT’S NOT THE SAME WORLD.
GLOBALIZATION, PENDING WAR,
IMPEACHMENT, THOSE ARE THINGS WE
HAVE TO TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION.
CONSIDERATION. I’M NOT SURE THAT A BERNIE
SANDERS, WHO IS AS OLD AS MY MOM
OR ELIZABETH WARREN OR A JOE
BIDEN ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
GOING TO TAKE ME INTO THE NEXT
COUNTRY THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN.
>> WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT FOR
YOU AND WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR
CANDIDATE’S CHOICE WILL SPEAK
ON?
ON? >> THE ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME ONE ARE WOMEN’S
ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH.
PARTICULARLY MENTAL HEALTH
BECAUSE THAT’S THE FIELD THAT
I’M IN.
I’M IN. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT STUDENT
LOANS, HEALTH CARE, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THERE WILL
BE A WORLD HERE WHEN MY DAUGHTER
GROWS UP.
GROWS UP. >> ALL OF THE TOP-TIER
CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO SWAY
VOTERS LIKE THESE FOLKS,
VISITING HISTORICALLY BLACK
CHALLENGES AND UNIVERSITIES,
JOINING FOR SUNDAY CHURCH
SERVICES, AND SPENDING MILLIONS
FOR ADS ON BLACK RADIO.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK WE’RE STUCK
ON THE IDEA THAT THERE IS JUST A
BLACK VOTE?
BLACK VOTE? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER
GROUPS, THERE’S THE MIDWEST
ERCH, SINGLE MOTHER VOTE, BUT
YOU ALWAYS HEAR IT’S JUST A
BLACK VOTE.
BLACK VOTE. WHY IS THAT?
>> BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OR LUXURY, IF YOU
WILL, OF BEING ABLE TO BE AS
SEGMENTED.
SEGMENTED. WE ALMOST HAVE ALWAYS HAD TO
COLLECTIVELY PUT TOGETHER OUR
VOTE TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T LOOK AT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AS PEOPLE WHO
ARE POLITICALLY ASTUT.
I DON’T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW
POLITICALLY INVOLVED
POLITICALLY INVOLVED AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE, HOW
INTERESTED WE ARE.
WE’RE GETTING MORE AND MORE,
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE COMING UP.