“Where are the national Black Civil Rights leaders? Martin asked Rev. Jackson. “If folks are interested in turning out the presidential election, yet mayoral elections absolutely matter, are you seeing individuals traveling to Chicago? What is happening on the ground? Are other organizations doing get out the vote rallies? I’m not saying vote for endorse Emmanuel or Garcia, but are Black Civil Rights organizations pushing turnout in Chicago and if not, what the hell is going on?”
Rev. Jackson responded, “We see a steady rollout of people, some of who did not vote in the primary, who felt conflicted at that time, they are in fact going very public for Garcia and we think that we have momentum.”
“NewsOne Now” panelist Stephanie Brown James , CEO of Vestige Strategies, LLC, told Martin the election in Chicago is showing the nation a trend that we will continue to see.
James also said, “African Americans are voting on the issues, they’re not voting about the candidates. They’re looking at the track records of candidates to see what have you done for us lately. With Rahm Emmanuel closing the schools … Black people are fed up and we’ve see that at the polls.”
Watch Roland Martin, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Stephanie Brown James, CEO of Vestige Strategies and Republican Political and Communication Strategist, Paris Dennard Political discuss the low Black voter turnout in Chicago in the video audio clip below.
Will Black Voters Help Select The Next Mayor Of Chicago Or Sit This One Out? was originally published on newsone.com
