Joe Biden Needs the Black Vote

By: Sy Barnes February 13, 2020

Former, Vice President Joe Biden finished in a surprising fifth place in New Hampshire. On Tuesday night, Biden flew to South Carolina and warmly embracing the black community as they celebrated his markings of victory in South Carolina. The black vote in many ways is the only way Joe Biden can win the primarily. Being said, 99.9% of the African American community has not yet had a chance to vote in America.

Biden needs to mobilize black support in South Carolina, which their primary is Feb 29, so he needs to keep that foundation that South Carolina has been giving him strongly. Which would presumed advantage that would highlight his capacity to forge a diverse a strike to take down President Trump? Unfortunately, after he’s lost in Iowa and New Hampshire the cracks in his candidacy have appeared. However, Biden remains the favorite among many state party leaders, several South Carolina Democrats.

Biden is the front runner in South Carolina, but two other black Democratic officials endorsed one of Mr. Biden’s rivals, Pete Buttigieg. Who from my understanding struggled to attract any African-American support. It will be interesting to see the results, but Joe Biden is likely to take South Carolina then the former mayor of South Bend, who finished well ahead in Iowa and New Hampshire.

Quite frankly, the disappointment of Iowa and New Hampshire is expressed throughout the Democratic party. The reason said, two states are viewed as speaking for the rest of the Democratic Party which they are not.

Black voters make up about 60 percent of the Democratic electorate. Biden candidacy is expressed with confidence and it will continue for the next two weeks. His campaign in South Carolina is of the utmost importance because if he happens to lose his campaign will suffer a financial strain.

Sources:

Kinnard, M. (2020, February 9). Biden faces competition for black vote in his SC ‘firewall’. Retrieved from https://apnews.com/3cbd9aca529f3f1b1385318b082bb049

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