The Why: Philly Explained
The Why: Philly Explained
WHYY
Why the Biden-Harris ticket needs Black Philadelphians
16 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2020 at 7:30 pm.
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Pennsylvania is going to be one of the most important states — if not THE most important state — in determining the outcome of this year’s presidential election. President Trump won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin in 2016, thanks in part to a crucial number of Democratic voters sitting out the election. WHYY’s political reporter Katie Meyer explains that’s why this year, the question in Philly is not whether the Biden-Harris ticket will win the city, but by how much. One key group they have to convince? Black voters, some of whom feel the Democratic Party has taken their support for granted.