We don’t talk about this enough, and it has been lost in the 2016 hot takes. While 2016 saw record turnout, it also saw record decline in Black voter turnout. The biggest decline in 20 years. Blacks were the number one demographic Russia’s trolls targeted on social media.
We don’t talk about this enough, and it has been lost in the 2016 hot takes. While 2016 saw record turnout, it also saw record decline in Black voter turnout. The biggest decline in 20 years. Blacks were the number one demographic Russia’s trolls targeted on social media.
We don’t talk about this enough, and it has been lost in the 2016 hot takes. While 2016 saw record turnout, it also saw record decline in Black voter turnout. The biggest decline in 20 years. Blacks were the number one demographic Russia’s trolls targeted on social media.
We don’t talk about this enough, and it has been lost in the 2016 hot takes. While 2016 saw record turnout, it also saw record decline in Black voter turnout. The biggest decline in 20 years. Blacks were the number one demographic Russia’s trolls targeted on social media.
We don’t talk about this enough, and it has been lost in the 2016 hot takes. While 2016 saw record turnout, it also saw record decline in Black voter turnout. The biggest decline in 20 years. Blacks were the number one demographic Russia’s trolls targeted on social media.
The goal of Russia’s disinformation campaign was clear: Suppress Black turnout. At the end of the day, whether it was their Instagram/Facebook/Twitter crap blast that did it, or the candidate, it worked. Fewer Blacks turned out in 2016 than in 20 years.
You know who this lesson was not lost on? Republicans. See: Kanye.
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