To the editor: The Times reports that not all Black women support Vice President Kamala Harris, with some saying they might even vote for former President Trump.
Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, has taken credit for the Supreme Court's decision to strip women of their right to vote. He has said he will be a dictator from day one and recently told his Christian supporters that if he wins, they won't have to worry about voting again.
Black women will be the most affected by a new Trump presidency. There is no greater problem in 2024 than saving democracy, inflation, or the price of housing, food, gasoline, or any other necessity.
Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, is tasked with telling voters who she is. But right now, what they need to know about her is that she is working hard to save our democracy. She supports union workers, abortion rights, LGBTQ+ rights, Social Security protections, access to health care, and your right to participate in free and fair elections. Love her or hate her, she will fight for your right to do so.
Harris is the adult in the room. That's what you need to know about her.
Donald Peppars, Pomona
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To the editor: Stop the presses! It's front page news! Not all black women support Harris: outrageous!
How can this be? Doesn't everyone think the same? Obviously, this is news, or it wouldn't have made the front page.
The Times needs to wake up. It’s 2024, and the era of ethnic politics is slowly becoming a thing of the past. If we look out the windshield, we’ll see an emerging political landscape in which members of ethnic and racial groups hold opinions as diverse as they do.
Alfreda Iglehart, Los Angeles
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To the editor: When should we expect to see the article titled “White Men Don’t Fully Support Trump” on the front page?
Linda Reynolds, Northridge
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To the editor: I have to throw a penalty flag on your article about Harris' support among Black women.
The headline told us that not all black women agree with her. That claim appears to be based on a poll that found low levels of enthusiasm for voting among black women ages 18 to 49. It said that 14% of black women who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 did not plan to vote in 2024.
But the survey was conducted from May 23 to June 5. One could have consulted an opinion poll from 1964!
It’s true that the article acknowledges that Biden’s withdrawal from the race on July 21 and Harris’s rise electrified Black women, but this retired journalist thinks someone decided the article needed to be more “balanced,” hence the reliance on a poll that was out of date by the time Biden dropped out.
Paul Glickman, Sherman Oaks
