Black voter turnout down dramatically in NC so far. Is that a bad sign for Democrats?

[RandySF]

With Election Day less than two weeks away, Black voters in North Carolina are voting early far less than they did in the last presidential election, according to the state’s data. As of Wednesday, Black voters had cast 207,000 fewer ballots compared with four years ago — a drop of almost 40 percent.

The question is: Does it matter for Democrats’ chances?

The trend follows remarks by former president Barack Obama, who recently raised concerns about a perceived lack of enthusiasm from Black men about Vice President Kamala Harris.

The former president, who is speaking at a rally in Charlotte on Friday, said that he hasn’t seen the same level of turnout and enthusiasm for Harris from Black men as he did when he ran and won twice.




https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article294417169.html#storylink=cpy

[Lovie777]

1. Twight zone................

[Ocelot II]

2. In 2020, *because of the pandemic* a lot of people voted early or absentee

who would normally have voted in person on election day. I don't think we can draw too many conclusions from what happened under the unique circumstances of 2020.

[Native]

6. But he's talking about when he ran

[elleng]

8. Right.

[Keepthesoulalive]

3. Perhaps white voters

Will step in and make up for the shortage.

[Think. Again.]

4. Can this be considered DISARRAY!!! ?

[bucolic_frolic]

5. wow. Black men confused by Mark Robinson?

[elleng]

7. Has 'Souls to the Polls' occurred???

[MyMission]

9. Some counties stopped Sunday Early voting!

Hopefully they will get some souls to the polls after church tomorrow and next Sunday., since there are counties that provide Sunday voting.

I thought it was stopped across NC, but there are counties that still offer Sunday voting.
Henderson county does not, but Buncombe does, and Wake, and Mecklenburg. Wilson county alternates first weekend open Saturday, 2nd weekend open Sunday, 3rd weekend Saturday. I've been looking for info and more details on early voting hours across the state and it's not easy to find; have to go to county websites for their schedule, or state website where you have to enter an address and zip to get information on where and when early voting takes place.

Anyway, taking away Sunday voting hurts the souls to the polls effort, which was the goal. Looks like the larger or more blue counties offer early voting 7 days a week.