A Washington Post<\/em>-Ipsos poll conducted in June suggested that while Biden had majority support among Black voters aged 18-39, there was skepticism about Biden himself. Among Black Americans under age 40 that were polled, 32 percent said they didn\u2019t feel he was sympathetic to the problems of Black people. And 24 percent of respondents under 40 said they felt Biden is \u201cbiased\u201d against Black people, in contrast to much lower percentages for middle-aged and senior respondents.<\/p>\n Part of the challenge for Biden, said activist Kristin Fulwylie Thomas, is the perception among young Black voters that he\u2019s too moderate to deliver on issues that are important to them. The 31-year-old managing director of Equal Ground, an Orlando-based group working to boost turnout among Black voters across Florida, said she hears this concern from people in her community and voters across the state.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I\u2019m seeing and what I\u2019m hearing among young Black voters is that Biden was not their first choice, so folks are not excited to vote for him this November,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Every gaffe makes it harder for Biden to generate that excitement.<\/p>\n Michigan State Rep. Jewell Jones, who at 21 was the youngest elected official ever in Michigan, said that he\u2019s seen a number of Biden\u2019s comments on Black voters, along with his past support for the 1994 Crime Bill that contributed to mass incarceration of Black Americans, pop up on social media and raise questions among his peers.<\/p>\n \u201cYoung people are really holding people accountable these days,\u201d he said. \u201cAnything that comes up that they think is questionable, they\u2019ll challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Jones, who is now 25, said the issue with young Black voters is \u201cnot necessarily skepticism about whether or not he\u2019s able to do the job.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYoung people today want to know, are politicians\u2019 hearts in the right place?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Biden campaign says they\u2019re working hard to reach out to young Black voters, and point to events hosted by their young voter outreach coalition, League 46, as well as outreach geared specifically towards Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Black sororities, among an array of other events broadly geared toward the Black community nationwide.<\/p>\n Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Randall Woodfin, who supports Biden, swept aside Biden\u2019s comments this week. He noted that Biden, unlike Trump, later clarified his comments.<\/p>\n \u201cI truly believe that he wants to do the right thing moving forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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VOA \u2014 WASHINGTON – Joe Biden\u2019s controversial remarks about race this week risk alienating young Black voters who despise President Donald Trump but are not inspired by his Democratic rival.<\/p>\n