Election 2020, White House Report

Black Voters are Showing Up at the Polls

April Ryan
October 26, 2020

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In 2016, around 58.3 million pre-election ballots were cast, accounting for about 42% of all ballots cast in Election 2016. Typically, early voting leans Democratic. This year the Democrat’s Black base is showing up at the polls as well.

White House Correspondent April Ryan speaks with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson about the surge in Black voting and the impact on swing states including Michigan, Texas, and Ohio.

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People wait to vote outside the Bordeaux Library on the first day of Tennessee’s early voting Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. The early, in-person voting period runs Monday through Saturday until Thursday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan