By Sam Bojarski Barack Obama’s voice was punctuated by blaring car horns at an Oct. 24 drive-in rally in North…
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Academics, strategists track down Haitian-American voting data to turn Florida Blue
With the final weeks of the campaign in full swing, the current approach observed is largely based on a report by Herlande Rosemond, voter protection deputy director for the Florida Democratic Party.
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Kamala Harris’ connection to Caribbean voters could make difference in Florida
The Democratic vice presidential nominee is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and playing up her Jamaican heritage is a huge part of the Biden-Harris campaign’s outreach to Afro-Caribbean voters in the Sunshine State.
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In Canada, Kamala Harris, a Disco-Dancing Teenager, Yearned for Home
Thrown into one of Montreal’s most diverse public high schools, the young Ms. Harris — whose father was from Jamaica and mother from India — identified as African-American, her friends from high school recalled. At the same time, they said, she deftly navigated the competing racial and social divisions at the school.
2020 Elections, Elections
Trump, missing-in-action with Haitians, still draws handful of supporters
A relative handful of Haitian-Americans say they will support the president. Calling on religion and family values as their key reasons to vote, these conservative movement supporters also bring up the Democrats taking Black voters for granted, esoteric footage from decades ago, and debunked fringe theories to explain their presidential pick.
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The Haitian Times Endorses Joe Biden for President of The United States
The Haitian Times strongly supports Democrat Joe Biden for President of the United States. We urge you, dear readers, to register to vote and to vote (by mail or in person), so that we can all say to Trump come November: “you’re fired.”
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Biden: Haitians can determine election winner, will have ‘even shot’ with him
Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. emphasized the high stakes of the November election, while addressing voters at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami, on Oct. 5.
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Trump fatigue tops reasons Haitian-Americans will vote for Biden, they say
Image from a Biden campaign promotional video in Creole. Credit: Joe Biden for President. By Larisa Karr As Nov….
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Democrats double down on vote-by-mail push in Florida’s Haitian communities
Election campaigners and voting rights advocates hoping to reach Haitian-Americans across Florida said they are focused on getting people to…
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Biden-Harris teams target Florida Haitians, urge voting-by-mail as election nears
Haitians For Biden (Ayisyen Pou Biden), a newly-created group to bolster Haitian-American support for Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, kicked off voter outreach activities in Florida. The virtual town hall is a sign that on-the-ground campaigning is intensifying.