Biden needs Black voters to turn out better than '16, in Florida and across nation [View all]

QUINCY, FL – From rural churches to downtown streets, Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign is pushing hard to turn out one of his strongest but most uncertain bases of support - Black Floridians.

Four years after Hillary Clinton was stung by diminished backing from Black voters, Biden is relying on this 13% of the Florida electorate to help him carry a state most analysts say President Trump must win to have any chance for a second term.

Former President Obama’s visit Saturday to Miami is among the most eye-catching events designed to rally black voters to Biden, who needs to regain strong minority turnout levels seen in the 2008 and 2012 elections to carry the biggest presidential toss-up state.

In rural Gadsden County, Florida’s only county with a majority Black population, a steady stream of voters stopped to cast their ballots at the elections supervisor’s office in downtown Quincy during the first week of early voting.

Read more: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/state/2020/10/23/many-black-voters-say-vote-biden-really-vote-against-trump/3684961001/