{"id":1726153,"date":"2022-11-06T20:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726153"},"modified":"2022-11-06T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T01:04:28","slug":"stacey-abrams-says-her-poll-numbers-are-low-because-black-men-cant-see-through-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-says-her-poll-numbers-are-low-because-black-men-cant-see-through-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Says Her Poll Numbers Are Low Because Black Men Can\u2019t See Through Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstacey-abrams-says-her-poll-numbers-are-low-because-black-men-cant-see-through-misinformation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Georgia gubernatorial hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/this-is-not-myth-this-is-not-conjecture-this-is-fact-april-ryan-declares-stacey-abrams-a-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> (D) claimed over the weekend that her poll numbers were lagging in part because black men were unable to see through the \u201cmisinformation\u201d that was being used to target them.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/ga\/georgia_governor_kemp_vs_abrams-7538.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest polls<\/a> at RealClearPolitics, Abrams trails incumbent Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) by anywhere from 6 points into double digits \u2014 and she laid out her explanation for those numbers during a recent appearance on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stacey Abrams explaining her poll numbers: &#8220;Unfortunately, this year, black men have been a very targeted population for misinformation. Not misinformation about what they want but about why they want what they deserve.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HhPxK0vVgj\">pic.twitter.com\/HhPxK0vVgj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaidJilani\/status\/1589108732591759360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abrams began by saying that she did not believe the polls \u2014 which have so far suggested her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-10-11\/black-men-are-showing-tepid-enthusiasm-for-stacey-abrams-in-georgia-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support among black male voters<\/a> has dropped off since her last attempt at the Georgia governor\u2019s mansion \u2014 meant that there was any real enthusiasm for Kemp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not believe it\u2019s because of a deep well of enthusiasm for my opponent,\u201d Abrams said, pivoting immediately to make the argument about race and suggesting that black men, specifically, had been targeted and fallen victim to \u201cmisinformation\u201d \u2014 although she did not clarify what exactly they were being misinformed about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that black voters are often discounted, and unfortunately, this year, black men have been a very targeted population for misinformation. Not misinformation about what they want, but about why they want what they deserve,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd my campaign has been the only one that has very intentionally, thoughtfully, and consistently reached out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News Nation\u2019s Zaid Jilani noted that if current poll trends turn out to be accurate, Abrams will have slipped from earning 94% of the black vote in 2018 to garnering 82% of the black vote just four years later.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think there&#8217;s a pretty simple reason Kemp might be doing better with black men than he did in 2018. A few days ago he was at the groundbreaking of a Hyundai electric vehicle plant outside Savannah, the largest economic development in GA history. It&#8217;s jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaidJilani\/status\/1589116102638211077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jilani went on to suggest that, rather than misinformation, perhaps it was Kemp\u2019s focus on jobs that accounted for the swing in support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a pretty simple reason Kemp might be doing better with black men than he did in 2018,\u201d Jilani tweeted. \u201cA few days ago he was at the groundbreaking of a Hyundai electric vehicle plant outside Savannah, the largest economic development in GA history. It\u2019s jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kemp <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.georgia.gov\/press-releases\/2022-05-20\/gov-kemp-hyundai-motor-group-invest-554-billion-georgia-first-fully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the project<\/a> \u2014 which will create over 8,000 new jobs and see Hyundai investing more than $5.5 billion in Georgia\u2019s economy \u2014 last May. \u201cMy commitment to hardworking Georgians to make our state the best place to live, work, and raise our families remains steadfast, and with this announcement, which is now the largest economic development project in our state\u2019s history, we will continue working to make Georgia the premier destination for quality companies who are creating the jobs of today, tomorrow, and beyond,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia gubernatorial hopeful Stacey Abrams (D) claimed over the weekend that her poll numbers were lagging in part because black men were unable to see through the \u201cmisinformation\u201d that was being used to target them. According to the latest polls at RealClearPolitics, Abrams trails incumbent Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) by anywhere from 6 points &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1726156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1726156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}