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Cleveland VOTES Featured in MS NOW Series on Black Voter Turnout in Key Battleground Senate Races

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MS NOW senior Washington reporter Eugene Daniels speaking with Cleveland VOTES Senior Cultural Strategist Jerry Pena
In this still from the episode, Eugene Daniels speaks with Cleveland VOTES Senior Cultural Strategist Jerry Peña

On October 17, Cleveland VOTES team members were featured in an episode of the special MS NOW series The Deciding Vote. In the episode (Why some Black voters in Ohio STOPPED believing their vote MATTERS), host Eugene Daniels speaks with voting advocates and Black residents to get a better sense of why Black non voters aren't making it to the polls. Daniels shadows the Cleveland VOTES' Vote Squad as they try to engage people in the Cleveland Central Neighborhood, which currently has the lowest voter turnout. Cleveland VOTES Executive Director Erika Anthony and Senior Cultural Strategist Jerry Peña share their experience and insight into motivating non voters, emphasizing the importance of building relationships first.


A voter turnout statistics graphic from "The State of Black Civic Power in Ohio," a report by the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation that is referenced in the segment. 1.8M people is the total Black population of Ohio, including multiracial Black residents. Ohio has one of the ten largest Black populations in the country. 1.04M Black Ohioans are eligible to vote. 603K Black Ohioans do not vote in midterms. Black eligible voters who did not cast a ballot in the 2022 midterm election. That is 58 percent of the Black voting-eligible population, absent from the races that shape state policy. The bottom of the graphic says: In a state where statewide races are decided by 5 to 8 points, 603,000 Black midterm non-voters are not a statistic. They are the margin.
Voter turnout statistics from "The State of Black Civic Power in Ohio," a report by the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation that is referenced in the episode

The episode is the first installment of the series. In each episode, Daniels will "examine the frustrations, aspirations and political power of Black voters ahead of the midterms in three battleground Senate races (MS NOW)."


 
 
 

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