Harris' candidacy has led to surge in Black voter enthusiasm. It could make a difference in swing states
When Jotaka Eaddy, the founder of Black women's leadership network Win With Black Women, heard Sunday that President Joe Biden had decided he wouldn't run for reelection, clearing the way for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party's first Black woman presidential nominee, her first thought was "Oh my God, what a time to be alive."
Her second? "Oh, our Zoom call tonight -- I'm gonna have to shift the agenda."
Formed in 2020, Win With Black Women has met by Zoom most Sundays for almost four years, drawing hundreds of attendees and support from names like Oprah Winfrey and Dionne Warwick. But Eaddy said they had never had a call anything like this past Sunday's, which drew tens of thousands of viewers, raised more than $2 million for the just-launched Harris campaign, and inspired a similar call led by Black men the next night that raised $1.3 million more for Harris' campaign.
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Black women, white women, youngsters (under 30), and anyone who's disaffected with Chump will all join the straight-ticket Dem voters this year. It's going to be enough - I actually think way more than enough - to put Chump out of business forever.
We still need to GET OUT THE VOTE in November, but it has suddenly become a group effort.
We're all going to pull together and make this happen. Wooooh!
