Health Issues Motivating Black Women Voters for Harris

Vice President Kamala Harris, now on the presidential campaign trail, is making inroads with a key voting bloc: Black women, who are rallying behind her because of her work on issues such as preserving abortion access, curbing gun violence and reducing maternal deaths. What has become clear is not just that this voting group supports her — but the intensity of that support. Eighty-two percent of Black women voters had a favorable view of Harris in August, according to the Pew Research Center, up from 67 percent who said the same in May. Almost 70 percent of this demographic in August also said they were extremely or very motivated to vote, according to Pew, up from 51 percent before she announced her candidacy in July. Jotaka Eaddy, a political strategist and founder of Win With Black Women, a network of Black women leaders, said the support is leading more younger Black women to register to vote. That could drive turnout and help Democrats. Some 16 million Black women are eligible to vote and 67 percent of them are registered, based on data from Higher Heights, a group focused on mobilizing and electing Black women. Abortion, IVF: Harris has made abortion...