DNC launches bus tour to mobilize Black voters in key states

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a bus tour on Tuesday urging Black voters to hit the polls for November’s approaching election. 

The “We Vote, We Win” southern bus tour, led by DNC chair Jaime Harrison, kicks off in Florida and has stops planned in critical states like North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina.

Harrison and the tour will paint a picture of Harris being for the people with a plan to help Black America prosper. 

“It’s going to be a fantastic opportunity to talk about the opportunity economy agenda that Kamala Harris has been promoting, to talk about our plans for Black men … and to make sure that we are painting the picture for how disastrous Donald Trump and his Project 2025 agenda will be particularly for the Black community,” Harrison exclusively told The Hill. 

The new tour follows a blue wall tour in states like Michigan and Wisconsin and comes just two weeks out from election day. 

With a stop in South Carolina — Harrison’s home state — the chairman will cast an early ballot for Harris.

“I see my wife and my mom and my grandma [in Harris]. But for them and their commitment and their sacrifices, I wouldn't be where I am today,” Harrison said. “I know Kamala Harris is willing to do whatever she needs to do, so that the American people can succeed, that the American people can move forward. That's a stark contrast to Donald Trump, who's only focused on himself. The American people need someone to fight for fight for them.”

But so close to election day, polls show Harris’s support among Black men slipping. 

A recent poll from The New York Times and Siena College found that though 83 percent of Black women said they supported Harris, only 70 percent of Black men said the same.

The gender gap is particularly pronounced among young Black men, 25 percent of whom said they would support former President Trump in November over Harris. 

Harris has spent the last week on a media tour, making appearances on Black media like Charlamagne tha God’s radio show, as well as recently announcing a “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men.”

“The vice president is not taking any voter for granted, she's asking all voters, she’s asking Black men for their support, for their vote, because she wants to fight and represent them,” Harrison said. 

“Nobody wants to feel as though their vote is taken for granted, and they want to feel as though that there's somebody that is looking out for their best interest. And Kamala Harris has demonstrated this,” he added.

He continued, “She has rolled out an agenda for Black men. I can't recall any candidate running for president in my 48 years that has ever done that, but she has, and so she's constantly breaking barriers. She’s a glass ceiling-breaker, a historic figure in our politics and she will be transformational.”