Faux pas or Taken for Granted

The former vice president Joe Biden made a comment that any black voter who is undecided between himself or President Trump ain’t black. He has since retracted this statement.

Was his comment a faux pas or a deeper revelation of what the candidate and maybe the party thinks about this particular voting bloc?

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in November 2018 there were 228 million eligible voters and 153 million registered voters or approximately 66 percent of the eligible voters. Within that number, there were 29 million Blacks/African-Americans of which 19 million were registered, voters.

Exit polling conducted during the mid-term election of 2018, the Pew Research Center found there was a 90 percent preference for the democrat candidates Black/African-American voters compared to 9 percent for republican candidates.

Over the years there has been consistent 80 or more percent support for democrats candidate among Black/African-American voters.

The national party and the candidates know this, so they make an all-out effort to increase voter turnout among this demographic.

Former vice president Biden has been in the politics to know the game is played. Yes, politics is a game in which each team tries to get its voters to show up to the polls in mass.

While his comment was brash, it was meant to strike an accord among undecided voters. It’s a direct shot at what they hold dare. A shot at their pride. A shot at their honor. A shot at their being.

The comment was retracted, but its impact was already felt. It is causing the discomfort that it was meant to invoke.