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Democrats are abandoning the party\u2019s most cohesive and dependable voting base \u2014 Black voters \u2014 in favor of flashy, young and charismatic socialists.<\/p>\n

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Historically, about 80% to 90% of Black voters have aligned with the Democratic Party. No other major demographic in the U.S. votes as unitedly. Black turnout is essential for Democrats to win national elections, and candidates who fail to secure their support, as seen in the historically crucial South Carolina primary, rarely win the overall nomination.<\/p>\n

However, the Black electorate is not a progressive monolith. About 73% of Black Americans identify as Christian, and nearly 97% believe in God or a higher power. About 59% of Black Americans consider religion \u201cvery important\u201d in their lives, a rate higher than the general U.S. adult population.<\/p>\n

Younger generations of Black voters are leaning more conservative, disenchanted with a political party that seems to take their vote for granted.<\/p>\n

As the Democratic Party lurches further left, courting Democratic Socialists of America candidates, the Black vote has increasingly been ignored by the party establishment.<\/p>\n

Black lawmakers and activists across the Deep South \u201csay they\u2019ve been let down by nearly all corners of the party: would-be presidential hopefuls who have flocked to early and swing states but do not bring their megaphones elsewhere; congressional leadership focused on majority-making battlegrounds while safe Black seats are drawn out; and years of chronic underfunding that has allowed local party apparatus to wither away,\u201d Politico reported this month.<\/p>\n

Unlike White, college-educated Democrats, Black Democrats are not falling for self-identified socialist candidates who do not support the state of Israel, reject Judeo-Christian values and want to abolish immigration enforcement and law enforcement.<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won his Democratic primary without the Black vote. According to a New York Times analysis, Andrew Cuomo dominated in precincts where at least 70% of residents were Black, more than doubling Mr. Mamdani\u2019s support, 59% to 26%.<\/p>\n

The \u201ctough part that we\u2019re wrestling with is Zohran won with support of liberal progressive White folk. Are these the same progressive White folk that are pricing us out and we can\u2019t live in the community? That\u2019s the tension,\u201d Rev. Rashad Moore, who is Black and the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Crown Heights, told The New York Times of Mr. Mamdani\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

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In Michigan\u2019s Democratic Senate primary, establishment candidate Haley Stevens is leading DSA candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Her strengths, according to a Detroit News\/WDIV-TV poll conducted by the Glengariff Group released this week, are with Black voters (67% to Mr. El-Sayed\u2019s 21%), non-college-educated voters (56% to Mr. El-Sayed\u2019s 34%) and voters older than 55.<\/p>\n

Mr. El-Sayed has been endorsed by Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont and \u201cSquad\u201d members Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Pramila Jayapal of Washington. In leaked audio, Mr. El-Sayed told his campaign staff that people in Dearborn were \u201csad\u201d about the death of Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and instructed them to avoid commenting on it.<\/p>\n

Black voters are also skeptical of Mr. El-Sayed\u2019s criticism of the Obamas, who are still beloved by Michiganders. In a 2010 editorial, Mr. El-Sayed was critical of first lady Michelle Obama\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Move\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n

Ms. Stevens\u2019 campaign, meanwhile, has deliberately highlighted her close ties to the Obamas. Ms. Stevens was Mr. Obama\u2019s chief of staff in his auto industry bailout.<\/p>\n

Polls also show that Black voters oppose \u201cdefunding the police,\u201d a stance adopted by many within the DSA. There is also a divide between the DSA\u2019s Muslim candidates and their ideological framing. Black voters view politics through the lens of anti-Black racism, slavery and Jim Crow. Many feel the modern struggles faced by Muslim immigrants are different from the systemic, historical disenfranchisement they have experienced.<\/p>\n

President Trump made significant inroads within the Black community in his 2024 campaign, winning 15% of Black voters, an increase from the 8% he won in 2020. A preelection Pew poll found that the economy and healthcare were the most important issues for the voting bloc, ahead of racial and ethnic inequality.<\/p>\n

As the Democratic Party embraces the DSA, Republicans can build on Mr. Trump\u2019s gains. For Black voters, socialism is not the answer; opportunity is.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Kelly Sadler is the commentary editor at The Washington Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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