It’s too early to tell how much Joe Biden’s historic selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate will help boost support for the Democratic ticket among African American voters. But this much is clear: Increasing Black turnout from 2016 levels will be critical to Biden’s ability to win back key battleground states.
Republicans’ 2016 victory was mostly attributable to the defection of white working-class voters to Donald Trump. But Trump’s breakthrough might not have been possible without a post-Obama decline in turnout and support for Democrats among Black voters.
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