Just eight out of the nearly twenty black Philadelphian citizens who were interviewed by the New York Times next year intend to support President Joe Biden.
The shop reports that the series of interviews, which indicate problems for Biden’s election leads in a position he only won by 81, 660 vote in 2020,  , occurred in mostly black districts.
” Just eight voters said they were committed to voting for Mr. Biden, while many others were debating staying home, or, in a few cases, supporting former President Donald J. Trump”, the Times ‘ , Maya King and Katie Gleuck wrote.
Also, citizens ‘ gripes about Biden resembled those heard at Trump rallies and echoed by Trump’s America First plan software. The problems cited included “immigration, the cost of living and their perception that Mr. Biden was more focused on problems overseas than on fixing issues in their districts”, per the store.
President Joe Biden speaks at an economical event at Tioga Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. ( Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg via Getty Images )
One vote, Latasha Humphrey, suggested to the Times that Biden is prioritizing other nations ‘ issues over concerns in her society.
” I do n’t care about what goes on overseas”, Humphrey, 36, said. ” I care about where I live”.
In November, Humphrey is considering Trump as an alternative.
Although the small sample size should be taken with caution, it could indicate greater bipartisan rifts with dark Philadelphian citizens only six months before the election’s start. As the Times noted:
Liberals have long banked on solid showings in Philadelphia — and , more just, its suburbs , — to mitigate weakness in more traditional parts of this strongly divided state. Their priority is not that the state’s Black voters will lean en masse toward Mr. Trump, but that too many of them, apathetic about their options, might just be home.
This issue comes as Biden’s election prospects are already being put in jeopardy by the “uncommitted” action on the left. Some 600, 000 Democrat voters, including Muslims, Arab- Americans, younger voters, and considerably- left progressives, protested Biden’s management of the Israel and Hamas battle with “uncommitted” or “uninstructed” votes in primaries this time.
The Subscribe to Michigan plan, which launched the indifferent movement, puts its emphasis on its website that “primaries are an first litmus test for how much Biden’s stance on Gaza had hurt his reelection bid.”
President Joe Biden speaks onstage during the 2024 140th Morehouse College Commencement Ceremony at Morehouse College on May 19, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. ( Paras Griffin/WireImage )
It adds,” the threat to Biden’s reelection is n’t that anti- war Democrats will vote for Trump, it’s that they wo n’t vote at all”.
The movement spread to Pennsylvania, where the group Uncomitted PA sought to garner 40, 000 write- in “uncommitted” votes in the April 23 Democrat primary. While the breakdown of the write- in results is not available, over 60, 000 write- in votes were submitted, and the campaign touts it “exceeded its goal”.
The vote gap between Biden and Trump in 2020 is roughly three-quarters of that figure. Losing enthusiasm in other key components of the Democrat coalition — like black voters in Philadelphia, as the Times ‘ , small survey indicates — could spell disaster for Biden’s reelection hopes. At least one of the , Times ‘ , interviewees , cited Biden’s support for Israel as a reason he did not presently have her support.
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign has been working to appeal to black voters. On Sunday, a day after the Times ‘ , report came out, Biden delivered the commencement speech at Martin Luther King’s alma mater and historically black school, Morehouse College. Later in the day, he traveled to Detroit, Michigan, and spoke at a , National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) dinner.
