Melissa Murray: I agree with all the pieces Symone stated. One factor that caught out to me is one thing that among the girls in our Washington, D.C. nail salon section stated about this being an historic election. They understood that, however in addition they acknowledge that if Vice President Harris wins, and even when she shatters the glass ceiling, she’ll really be on a glass cliff. Expectations for her can be so heightened.
In order that they acknowledge that for Black girls, supporting her isn’t a one and accomplished type of deal. They’re going to come back out and help her and vote for her on this election, they usually additionally need to be able to help her within the presidency, as a result of she’s going to have lots of eyes on her. Her successes can be acknowledged, but when she fails to succeed on sure fronts, that will even be magnified.
Townsend: Going again to that half that Melissa simply highlighted, the ladies within the nail store introduced this up on their very own. After which they likened it to President Biden in relation to scholar loans. Regardless that he did put the coverage in place, the Supreme Court docket blocked it. And younger folks throughout America are nonetheless saying that we don’t have the scholar mortgage reform.
The ladies particularly stated that she’s going to have to have the ability to make good on the guarantees that she’s made. To me, that simply reinforces that voters are paying consideration. We’ve got to provide the voters in America extra credit score. They’re paying consideration and are very nuanced in how they give thought to this election.
We’ve seen a gender hole emerge within the polls with extra girls planning to vote for Harris than males. Did you hear of that divide current between Black women and men?
Murray: We did hear a bit about that. There’s been lots of dialogue about Black males—notably younger Black males with out school levels—being very Trump-curious, and we questioned if the identical kind of curiosity could be mirrored amongst youthful Black girls in that demographic. We have been a bit of shocked to seek out that whereas most of the youthful girls have been undoubtedly disaffected, they weren’t Trump-curious. It was actually simply, “Do I sit this one out?” Versus, “Do I pull the lever for Donald Trump?” They have been very clear that, of their view, he was an existential risk.
Townsend: I believe that the gender hole that’s displaying up in among the polling is indicative that there’s nonetheless work to be accomplished. That is going to be an in depth election, and the polls are a snapshot in time, however there’s nonetheless work to do in relation to some subset of male voters for the Harris marketing campaign. Concurrently, there’s actual work to do for Donald Trump in relation to girls voters in America. I really feel just like the work that the Vice President has to do is completely different, and I might argue, extra attainable than the work that Trump has to do, simply due to the character of the issues that Trump himself has stated and the insurance policies that folks join him to.
