MalcolmNewton
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All the groups you mentioned aren’t simply courted by politicians because politicians want their vote. These groups have political records of organizing and literally leveraging their votes on the behalf of their agendas. And in return for their political support (which also means boots on the ground, fundraising, and leveraging the support of other political groups they have agreements with) politicians turn their agenda line items into policy. Politicians cater to these marginalized groups because these groups wield their political power in more ways than just casting a ballot, and that power has turned into party platforms that the democractic party knows they can’t win without campaigning for. In that respect, what is the black equivalent outside of the dedicated civil rights activists? Where are the groups that represent black interests that politicians know they’re going to have to face if they don’t follow through on their promises? Where are the grass roots candidates that represent our black interests that we’re empowering in our polical systems. Don’t get it twisted, Dems come to marginalized groups with policy because those groups have people and orginizations every level of politics making sure that Booker and Harris know that their political aspirations will go nowhere if they don’t do what they were put there to do. Politicians aren’t doing this out of the kindness of their own hearts, they’re loyal to and accountable to the people that got them into those positions.
I agree with your entire post. Especially what I bolded.