Black Democrats in Alabama dump ‘LGBTQ+’ caucus

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Thanks to a tweet from Kirby McCain, I found this story:

‘You be quiet, girl:’ Alabama Democrats’ board meeting made private after members protest

By Alander Rocha Alabama Reflector | Saturday, July 29, 2023 | 7:22 PM EDT

The leadership of the Alabama Democratic Party (ADP) Saturday kicked members of the public out of a meeting without starting it.

ADP Chair Randy Kelley said in an interview Saturday afternoon that they had to conduct the meeting in an executive session because members of the public were being disruptive.

“They weren’t on the committee,” he said. “They were a guest. And we didn’t know who those people were.”

The motion at the first meeting since the party leaders passed new bylaws and eliminated diversity caucuses in May, came amid a protest from about 15 members of the eliminated groups and supporters.

As a result of eliminating diversity caucuses, 53 members lost a seat on the party’s State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC). The state Democratic Party faces an investigation by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over the bylaw changes and elimination of caucuses.

There’s more at the original.

Being a numbers kind of guy, I asked myself, “Self, what percentage of the Alabama Democratic Party are black?” While it’s well-known that roughly 90% of black voters cast their ballots for Democrats, I found this from Pew Research:

In an August 2022 Pew Research Center survey, 70% of Black registered voters said they would vote for or were leaning to the Democratic U.S. House candidate in their district in the coming election. Another 24% were either unsure or said they would back another candidate. Just 6% of Black registered voters said they would back the Republican candidate in the race to represent their district in the House of Representatives.

According to the Census Bureau’s guesstimates, 68.9% are white, 64.7% and non-Hispanic white, and 26.8% of Alabama’s population are black. And in the 2022 United States Senate race, one in which there was no incumbent running, Republican Katie Britt received 942,154 votes (66.62%) to Will Boyd’s 436,746 (30.88%).The Democratic nominee was so insignificant that there is no Wikipedia page for him.

Mrs Britt carried six of Alabama’s seven congressional districts, the six represented by Republicans, while Mr Boyd won the 7th Congressional District, 61% to 37%. The 7th District, represented by Democrat Terri Sewell, is described in Miss Sewell’s Wikipedia page as:

includ(ing) most of the Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly black portions of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery.

I think it fair to say, at this point, that the Alabama Democratic Party is an overwhelmingly black party. Is anyone surprised that black Alabamians would dump “LGBTQ+” caucuses?

I am amused.

 

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3 thoughts on “Black Democrats in Alabama dump ‘LGBTQ+’ caucus”

  1. The Black population seems to be relatively “traditional” and don’t take kindly to the LGBTQ+. In addition, more Blacks are taking notice of the mass of migrants who are obviously there to take Black jobs and influence. In Compton, California “migrants” drove the Blacks out of town. Blacks are probably not happy about their demotion on the Democratic totem pole. I doubt that anyone cares about Alabama, but a similar shift in Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago, St Louis, New Orleans, etc. could mean trouble for the Progressives.

  2. The Dems have long been a very fragile coalition of a lot of pressure groups with mutually incompatible interests, and who downright hate each others’ guts. It has been held together with the glue of Chimpy Bushitler McHalliburton earlier in the century, and TDS now.

    But as loathesome as they are, I stand in awe of their rigid discipline. They impeached Donald Trump with only two dissenting votes (one of whom switched over to the GOP and the other lost his re-election after over 30 years in Congress). With a single vote majority in the Michigan House they were able to pass obscene legislation that would establish a “right not to be offended”. With a single vote majority in the Minnesota Senate they were able to pass the most sweeping package of progressive legislation in over forty years.

    Compare that to the embarrassment of the Republicans in Congress taking over 14 ballots to elect Kevin McCarthy speaker.

    Make no mistake about it: this is a profoundly leftwing country now, and it will take more than votes to change it.

  3. The numbers you posted are great. The Federal courts have ordered Alabama to create 2 majority back districts. This guarantees a very convoluted map.

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