Why some black voters want more from the 2020 Democratic field.
Eleven years after Barack Obama electrified African American primary voters, some black Democrats are searching for a presidential candidate who can inspire them as he did -- and beat Donald Trump.
Dozens of black Georgia voters interviewed by ABC News expressed fond memories of the Obama years and said they trust Biden as a known quantity and reassuring voice. But many also described openness to a candidate who can excite them in a way Biden does not, and who speaks more directly to issues in African American communities.
Warren told a crowd at Clark Atlanta University on Thursday that she empathizes with the black American experience, even if she can never fully understand as a white woman."When I am President of the United States, the lessons of Black history will not be lost. Those lessons will live in every part of my presidency," Warren said.
"I think it’s still pretty far away. The Democratic candidate pool is still really big," said Bryce Mazor, a young accountant waiting for a haircut at Rocky’s Barber Shop in the Peachtree Heights neighborhood of Atlanta."I want to kind of have a few candidates drop out and then kind of begin to make up my mind. There’s too many fish in the water."
"I’m proud of the diversity of our candidates in terms of thought, ideology, demographics. There’s a lot to be proud of in terms of aesthetics to it," she said,"but I think the reason that black women like myself are not yet excited is because we’re not hearing about the issues that we care most about."
Ufot, who has been leading the effort to register more black primary voters in Georgia, said a more full-throated pitch for a black agenda could help build enthusiasm."It’s not clear that there is a candidate that emerged that has unapologetically embraced a bold agenda that centers on issues and concerns of black communities," she said.
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