Young African-Americans Support President Obama, but Turnout Not a Guarantee
Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Young-African Americans are divided on the answer.
“I honestly think that is a stupid question,” said Antwaun Sargent.
The 23-year-old Chicago native, who once knocked on frosted doors campaigning for a little-known state senator named Barack Obama, still supports him.
However, he added, “The question young African-Americans are asking themselves isn’t, ‘Are we better off than we were four years ago?’ it’s, ‘What kind of America do we want going forward?’”
The president isn’t just facing an economic deficit. He’s facing an enthusiasm deficit, and it’s among his most trusted supporters — young people. The problem for Obama is not whether he’ll lose loyal young, African-American supporters to Romney, it’s whether or not they’ll vote for him, again.
Pictured: US President Barack Obama poses with a group children at the Varsity restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 26, 2012. (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)