Black voters in Milwaukee turned out big for Obama. Will they do the same for Harris?

On a hot and humid day in August, Jermel Hill was knocking on doors in Milwaukee’s Brewers Hill neighborhood.

Hill, a canvasser with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, or BLOC, goes out twice a week to talk to residents about voting and how to get to the polls. Wearing a yellow vest, he walks from one door to the next to ask people if they plan to vote.

Before President Joe Biden officially dropped out of the race in July, Hill said some people he talked with were unsure about who to vote for in November. But after Biden’s exit, he’s seen an uptick in enthusiasm for Kamala Harris, the new Democratic nominee and the nation’s first-ever Black vice president.

“As soon as you mention anything about voting,” Hill said of the people he’s talked to, “they’re going to say, ‘Kamala Harris? Sure, you ain’t even have to come and knock on my door for that.’”



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