‘Black Voters Seem to Be Very Pragmatic’: McKend on Supporting Biden in 2024 Election

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BLIZTER: “Eva McKend. You‘ve been out there in various battleground states like Michigan talking to a lot of voters, including a lot of black voters out there. They seem to be among the most loyal supporters that the president has right now.”
MCKEND: “You know, that‘s what I‘m hearing on the ground, Wolf, you don‘t hear this sense of panic that you hear coming from Washington lawmakers. I think because black voters seem to be very pragmatic, there‘s a recognition that supporting Biden again, would support a democratic team that comes with a certain set of policy issues and they just don‘t think it makes a whole lot of sense for months out from this election to blow up the whole ticket they like vice president Harris, especially in spaces like the alpha kappa alpha convention or the essence festival where I was they’re tremendously proud of her. But they just think from a strategic standpoint that pushing Biden aside in this late hour isn‘t the best strategic choice. Now there is a difference between older black voters and younger black voters. Younger black voters seem to have more of an appetite for Biden to step aside and for Harris to ascend to the top of the ticket. But there is still some discomfort in pushing him out or forcing him out. They tell me it‘s a decision that he should arrive at on his own.”