In interviews with POLITICO, more than a dozen top Democrats involved in the Virginia campaign expressed concern that Black support for Terry McAuliffe is weaker and less enthusiastic than it could be in a razor-thin race in a blue-trending state
Mailers attacking Democrat Terry McAuliffe for being “on the side of abusive police officers” are popping up in Virginia voters’ mailboxes, urging support for third-party hopeful Princess Blanding — and highlighting a fierce battle for Black votes in the final days of the tight governor’s race.
“We have seen an uptick in the last couple of weeks, but I’ve had some concerns about what has felt like a real lag” among Black voters in Virginia, said Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of BlackPAC, which invested $1.6 million into turning out voters of color through field operations and digital ads. “People are still struggling with all kinds of things right now — burying family members because of Covid, getting back to work, getting back to school.
Clyburn added that he expects McAuliffe to get “the lion's share of the African American vote. My problem is, what will that vote be? Will it be big enough of a vote … to be determinative?” Terry McAuliffe appeared with Georgia voting rights activist Stacey Abrams several times, including multiple visits to Black churches together. | Steve Helber/AP Photo
, a lingering issue that some Democrats raised as a potential reason for dampened enthusiasm among a collection of progressives and Black voters. State Sen. Jennifer McClellan and former state Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy have both since campaigned with McAuliffe, making the case that if elected, McAuliffe would prioritize issues important to Black Virginians. The former governor has tallied nearly 90 percent support among likely Black voters in the last four statewide polls of the race.
Still others identified “voter fatigue” following the Donald Trump era. Jarvis Houston, director of organizing and political operations at Sister District, a progressive group focused on flipping state legislative seats, said he’s talked with Black voters who said “we can sit back now” that Trump is out of office.
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