ariberman.bsky.social
National voting rights correspondent Mother Jones. Author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America https://www.aribermanauthor.com/
👤 Joined on 05 noviembre 2024
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@ariberman.bsky.socialLatino turnout is through the roof too! The contemporary USA is about to tell the Make America 1958 USA who and what and when we are. All graphs from Simon Rosenberg at: www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/latinos-ar...
Show PostGotta keep two ideas in mind: 1) high Black turnout doesn’t mean that ending the VRA wasn’t bad for democracy, 2) we have to learn lessons from Black mobilization (for example, since the Shelby decision in 2013, Black urban/suburban turnout has done much better than exurb/rural B turnout)
Show PostThis is an incredibly important piece, and helps to explain the epic surge in early Black voting across the South in particular
Show PostYou should be paying attention to Alabama. Why? A congressional seat in this deeply red state, gerrymandered to essentially guarantee Republican control, might actually flip blue. Watch:
Show Post“I have never seen a rally with this much excitement and this kind of crowd, ever.” Congressman Shomari Figures (D-AL) drew 400-500 people in a county that Trump won by 48 points. Dothan locals said the Supreme Court’s gutting of the VRA is motivating democrats to get out to the polls.
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