By Bianca Flowers, Disha Raychaudhuri, Gabriella Borter and Allende Miglietta
(Reuters) – Black grassroots organizers are kicking off multi-state bus tours and raising millions of dollars for voter engagement and mobilization efforts in key battleground states, in hopes of helping secure Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House bid ahead of the November presidential election.
Reuters spoke with more than a dozen groups that are ramping up get-out-the-vote efforts through digital organizing, door-knocking, and targeting low-propensity voters in swing states.
Black voters will play a pivotal role in the election, with both Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump vying for their support, which could help sway the electoral outcome in states expected to have razor thin margins.
Black communities have historically been viewed as the Democratic Party’s most loyal voting bloc. But Black voter support for President Joe Biden had dropped earlier this year, largely driven by pocketbook issues, such as …