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Skip to contentSkip to site indexSunday Opinion Today’s PaperSunday Opinion|Black Voters Are Coming for Trumphttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/sunday/biden-black-vote-trump.htmlShare full article1399U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.OpinionSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTBlack Voters Are Coming for TrumpThey shouldn’t lose hope. They are at the heart of the fight to take back America.June 3, 2020Joe Biden at Bethel A.M.E. Church in Wilmington, Del., on Monday.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York TimesShare full article1399By Juan WilliamsMr. Williams is a Fox News analyst.In Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, a young protester told a reporter that she just didn’t think voting is “how change happens.”“They’ve been telling us to do that for so long,” she added, “and we’ve done it — and look at everything that’s still going on.”Fury over the cruel death of George Floyd, a black man in police custody, combined with fear of a deadly virus and its painful economic impact, make this a dark, dizzying moment in our national life. But African-Americans shouldn’t feel hopeless, because the black vote does matter — it has never mattered more. It is at the heart of the fight to take back America.The biggest story of 2020 politics is hard to ignore. But somehow it is being ignored.The black vote now defines American politics.Joe Biden would be retired if not for the black vote. Black voters made him the Democrats’ presidential nominee. In November, the number of black voters who turn out in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin is likely to be the deciding factor in the election. That means black voters, 12 percent of the national electorate, are set to pick our next president.Black women, the most reliable activist base of the party, are this year’s version of the stars of past campaigns — Soccer Moms and Blue Collar Moms. The best illustration of this power is a black woman asking Jim Clyburn, her South Carolina congressman, who he planned to vote for in the primary. He said Joe Biden and followed up with a public endorsement: “We know Joe. But most importantly, Joe knows us.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable Javascript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSite IndexSite Information Navigation© 2024 The New York Times CompanyNYTCoContact UsAccessibilityWork with usAdvertiseT Brand StudioYour Ad ChoicesPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceTerms of SaleSite MapCanadaInternationalHelpSubscriptionsManage Privacy Preferences