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 novembro 2024
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@ariberman.bsky.social"Cornell Belcher...released a survey shortly after the Callais decision showing that Black voters viewed the Supreme Court as the biggest threat to their community, ahead of Trump & the economy/jobs. Nearly 80% of respondents said that the Callais decision had made them much more likely to vote."
Show PostLatino 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:
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