Once-hesitant Black voters now veering toward the Kamala Harris camp

Vice President Kamala Harris has animated Black voters who were hesitant to back President Joe Biden for re-election and has now pulled into a virtual dead-heat with former President Donald Trump in the race to capture the White House. According to the latest Pew Research Center survey, conducted from Aug. 5-11, Harris and her campaign have turned around the party’s prospects for retaining control of the executive branch. To defeat Trump, Harris must rely on strong support of Black voters, who historically lean toward the policies of the Democratic Party.& “When you’re looking at party loyalty by the numbers, the most loyal bloc by far are African Americans,” Justin Buchler, an associate professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University, told Black News & Views. “In most general elections, it’s somewhere around 90 percent loyalty to the Democratic Party.”  Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event at Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin, The Associated Press The Pew survey didn’t show that 90 percent yet, but it did show that 77 percent of Black voters said they would vote for Harris; 13 percent for Trump;...