Last night, the state of Alabama elected a Democratic senator
for the first time since 1992.
And this happened for a few reasons--
ideological divisions within the Republican Party,
suburban moderates turned off by President Trump,
uh, oh, and, apparently,
some people don't like accused kiddie touchers, also.
But there was one really huge factor that you can't ignore.
WOMAN: Doug Jones was able to pull off this stunning upset
with the help of a special coalition of voters
in Alabama-- African-Americans.
The biggest factor was huge African-American turnout.
Black voters were a bigger share of the vote yesterday
than they were in the 2012 presidential race.
WOMAN: They turned out more
for Doug Jones than they did for Barack Obama.
-You just can't put a finer point on it. -Uh, right, right.
Wow! Doug Jones is bigger than Obama?
-(laughter) -I mean, not in every way.
(laughs) Let's not kid ourselves. (bleep).
(laughter)
But Democrats in Alabama really got out the black vote.
They were probably, you know... they were probably...
it was easy for them, 'cause they've got, like,
the poster's half made, so they just put those things out.
-(laughter) -But...
But my favorite thing about the black turnout last night
was watching white people on the news talk about it.
And then I'm gonna be watching
the amount of turnout in the 13 counties
that comprise the so-called Black Belt.
...what they call locally the Black Belt.
Uh, so named because of the color of topsoil in Alabama.
This is what's called the Black Belt,
and it's called that for the topsoil--
deep, black, rich agricultural topsoil.
But it is also a Democratic area and a place where you have
a significant African American voter population.
Did you hear... did you hear how quickly
he wanted to get through the last part?
It's called the Black Belt, for its deep, rich soil...
(fast-talking gibberish) ...black people...
but mostly for the black soil.
That's why I call it the Black-- back to you, Wolf.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder why it is
that so many of Alabama's black people
happen to live where the deep, rich soil is.
I guess we'll never know.
For more on Alabama's election, we turn now
to our very own Dulcé Sloan, everybody!
(cheering, applause)
Hello.
So, Dulcé, big turnout last night by black people.
Not just black people-- black women.
(women cheering)
(applause)
Did you know 50% more black women voted yesterday
than black men?
In fact, 98% of black women voted against Roy Moore.
98%. The only thing 98% of black women agree on
is no Roy Moore, Idris Elba is fine as hell,
-(laughter) -and... do not get our hair wet.
(laughter)
So this happened because of us, black women.
-Wow. Um... -(whooping, applause)
You say, uh...
you say... you say "us," but did you vote in Alabama?
No, I didn't.
But do you have another black woman on this show
-you can thank? -(laughter)
So on behalf of all black women...
I'm taking a victory lap.
You know, but these titties don't run.
-(laughter) -And-and you know what, Dulcé,
people are saying thank you to black women.
You know, online you saw it. It must be nice to see
black women's contributions finally recognized.
Yes!
(laughter)
Yes, it is!
We've been through so much.
(laughter)
And you're welcome, white people, you're welcome.
But let's be honest, we didn't do it for you,
we did it for ourselves.
No black woman casts her vote going, "This one's for Scott!"
(laughter)
(bleep) Scott.
(laughter)
So if you really want to thank us,
how about y'all change the laws
to make it easier for us to vote?
Or sing our praises by giving us raises.
Or, at the very least, cancel winter.
You know only white people like snow.
-(laughter) -Those are fair points, Dulcé.
So, you know what, let's move on
and analyze last night's election.
Analyze? Ana... Uh, no.
Black women don't have time to analyze.
We got to get more (bleep) done.
Fix net neutrality, health care, and binge-watch Empire.
I'm out!
Dulcé Sloan, everybody!