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ANALYSIS: Biden and Trump aim to woo African-American voters in key states

2024-04-05 21:03:48Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA SCOTT STEARNS
ANALYSIS: Biden and Trump aim to woo African-American voters in key states
Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Joe Biden and Donald Trump won in the primary elections that were held this week in the state of Wisconsin. While both have secured the nomination, the candidates have focused their battle on winning the presidential election there, one of the few swing states that could determine the winner of the 2024 election. VOA correspondent Stott Stearns reports that the two candidates' campaign teams are trying to win the support of African-American voters in that state.

Wisconsin voters elected Donald Trump in 2016, but 4 years later voted for Joe Biden. And in both processes, the race was close. So, in this election, voters can lean toward either candidate, with an electorate nearly evenly split, according to most public opinion polls.

In a tight race, both parties are trying to gain ground with new voters.

For Republicans, that means trying to shrink the Democrats' historic lead among African-American voters.

Orlando Owens is the first African-American chairman of the Republican Party in Milwaukee County.

"Who is supporting your children's education now? Who is supporting African American-led businesses now? Who is supporting the idea of ​​border security? Who is supporting the idea of ​​having the right to bear arms for self-defense?” he asks.

4 years ago, Joe Biden won the election in Wisconsin by a margin of less than 21,000 votes, but managed to hold on to victory in Milwaukee by 145,000 more votes. Analysts from Marquette University say that 53 percent of the votes that gave victory to Mr. Biden were votes cast by African-American voters.

"Milwaukee doesn't have to go Republican; we just need a little growth, that's why it's so important. If there can be a little growth here in the city, a little growth in the county, we win the state. We win the state , we win the elections in the country", says Mr. Owens.

Mr. Trump told supporters that the criminal cases brought against him have helped him to increase support among African-American voters.

"A lot of people have told me that's why African-Americans are like me, because they've been harmed and discriminated against so badly, and I'm actually seen as a person who's being discriminated against. This is something really beautiful," said Mr. Trump.

Mr. Biden cannot afford to lose the African-American vote in Wisconsin, and his campaign team is aware of that, says political science professor Cathy Cohen.

"Most campaign watchers would say that without Milwaukee, Biden would have lost the Wisconsin election. I believe the Biden campaign team understands this. I think that we will see large expenditures in advertising, but also engagement in calls for participation in votes, as well as meetings in the field".

Mr. Biden was in Wisconsin last month where he announced new funding to make it possible to right what he described as "historic wrongs."

"For generations, African Americans, people of color and Native Americans, Native Hawaiian communities, were not fully included in our democracy, in our economy," said Joe Biden, President of the United States.

For the city of Milwaukee, according to Biden, this means new sidewalks and bike lanes, as well as new bus lines and modern infrastructure.

“These are life-changing improvements. And they will make it easier for African-American communities in the north and Latino communities in the south to have access to jobs, schools and entertainment opportunities in the city."

Wisconsin barber Antonio Perkins says he still hasn't made up his mind.

"I haven't decided yet. It's funny because in the last election I voted for Biden to get rid of Trump, while now I'm leaning more towards Trump because the things they thought would get better are actually getting worse. Therefore, at this point I still don't know which side I will take".

It is this indecision among traditionally Democratic voters that turns Wisconsin's already close race into a focal point for both candidates' campaigns leading up to Election Day./VOA


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