SOUTH FLORIDA – A lot has been made about Kamala Harris struggling to attach with black males, a key demographic for her to win the November fifth US presidential election towards Republican and former president Donald Trump.
However two stalwarts of South Florida’s Jamaican neighborhood imagine the US vice chairman will carry black voters unanimously in her bid to succeed president Joe Biden within the White Home subsequent January.
Kamala Harris and Marlon Hill (file photograph) – Picture Credit score: Dahlia Walker-Huntington
“We imagine this subject of lack of floor with black males is method overstated within the media and WhatsApp universe. We’re assured that Kamala can have the numbers wanted to solidify her coalition. No candidate ever receives a 100% of any demographic group. From the place we stand, we really feel her assist with black males, together with Jamaican or Caribbean descent, is stable,” stated legal professional Marlon Hill.
He’s a member of RallyforKamala.com, a company that has lobbied primarily Caribbean-American voters to vote for Harris whose father is Jamaican. Her mom was a local of India.
Despite the fact that most polls present the election up for grabs, Hill is assured the 60 year-old Harris will defeat Trump.
“We count on her to be the one with greater than 270 electoral votes and the subsequent president-elect of america. Her blood is anointed with Jamaica and we count on nothing wanting making historical past on Tuesday evening,” he stated.
Some polls present Harris lagging in assist from black males in comparison with former president Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and Biden within the final three elections.
This has prompted Obama to aggressively stump for her in battleground states of Michigan and Pennsylvania. In South Florida, longstanding Miramar commissioner Winston Barnes foresees broad assist for Harris.
Winston Barnes, Kamala Harris
“Hopefully South Florida will make a distinction within the election, particularly contemplating it’s residence to so many Haitian-Individuals and Puerto Ricans. That’s so long as they vote in their very own finest curiosity, and if English-speaking Caribbean-Individuals vote in their very own finest curiosity as effectively,” he famous.
Harris is the second main girl to run for president. She follows fellow Democrat Hilary Clinton, who misplaced to Trump in 2016.
She replaced Biden on the prime of the ticket in July after his disastrous debate towards Trump on CNN. Harris’ entry rejuvenated the Democrats’ flagging fortunes
Barnes believes there are similarities between Harris and Obama’s historic run in 2008.
“The commonality with the Obama marketing campaign is how younger folks seem to have been energized, and that early voting, particularly by African Individuals, seems to have introduced out voters who additionally supported Obama,” he stated.
