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Aepps22

(421 posts)
17. Earn Every Vote
Thu May 28, 2026, 06:30 PM
Thursday

This is a huge problem that needs to get fixed. Our party already takes the Black vote for granted and has done a pretty terrible job of actually earning our vote and sadly they are using the same playbook with Latinos without the built in history of Civil Rights that keeps Black voters loyal. I think that our party needs to double and triple down on policies that will actually benefit the lives of Black and Latino voters. These policies would also help White voters as well but the “Trump is a racist” “How could they vote for Republican” stuff that we hear on this forum and others won’t work. We have to shore up our base first then focus on Republicans. James won’t win without huge Latino turnout.

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