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It's not going to be sufficient for candidates when they're running, and they're engaging black voters to simply default to issues of the economy and jobs. Where does that leave the party now in terms of their strategy going forward? So I think we're beginning to see a shift in that relationship. I think that we have seen a shift both coming out of Virginia and certainly going into Alabama. Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc. Because you work all over the country.

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I think part of the challenge that we see often with black voter engagement programs is that there's this assumption that black voters are just get-out-the-vote voters, that you just touch them in the final week or two of a campaign, and they'll somehow miraculously or magically just turn up to the polls.

People want to talk about the issues. Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player. Democrats And African-American Voters. Accuracy and availability may vary.

To get some perspective on what it takes to turn out the black vote, we turn to Adrianne Shropshire, the executive director of BlackPAC, a political action committee whose goal is to mobilize black voters.

When black and brown voters decide to organize themselves in their communities to push back against racism and discrimination, they're chapelief reacting to white identity politics.

They care very deeply about education and access to education for their children. Where does that leave the party now in terms of their strategy going forward?

And so I think that it's not appropriate - right? We know that you have to engage voters very early. I also think that if Virginia and Alabama have demonstrated anything, it is that black voters, voters of color and women are the core of the progressive coalition in this country.

And, hopefully, there will be an understanding that there's a need to begin to engage black voters and black organizations literally tomorrow in order to be able to prepare for the scale of the races that will happen in I want to ask you, is that a common theme?

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But this chapeliier partly what I'm saying vou the need for candidates to lean into racial justice issues. I think that we have seen some shifts in the way that for me often has felt like a transactional relationship between the party and black voters and certainly the party and black-led organizations.

And they range from voting rights and concerns around voter suppression, criminal justice system reform, racial disparities across all of the kind of economic issues.

Is the Democratic Party leadership now taking notice? She says African-American voters are interested in a range of issues. And they were also a major factor in the election of Ralph Northam in the Virginia governor's race back in November.

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And we started clearly seeing this even leading intogiven all the police violence that was happening in - over the last, you know, few years, right? So is that a common theme that you see everywhere, or does it depend where these different races are being run? Are you concerned about some of the messaging, though, of the Democratic Party post election? We know that that is not true. Because you work all over the country.

December 17, 8: People care very deeply about the economy.

Democrats And African-American Voters

Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. I think that we have seen a shift both coming out of Virginia and certainly going into Alabama. And so not acknowledging that and not leaning into that and not relying on that base is not an appropriate strategy going forward.

They care very deeply about jobs. There was a big debate about strategy, a push to focus on economics, which you say is not enough, and on white working-class voters and sort of warning to stay away from identity politics, the very thing that you say is important to black voters.