A trio of big political action committees representing Asian American, Black and Latino voters are ready to support President Biden’s campaign for re-election on Saturday and promise $30 million to help encourage communities of color.
President and first lady Jill Biden are going to a rally in Atlanta, where the AAPI Victory Fund, The Collective PAC and the Latino Victory Fund are ready to reveal their support.
“The importance of this election is extremely high for voters of color, and President Biden and Vice President Harris feel extremely honored to receive the support of these three national organizations that represent both the variety of our party and the foundation of the group that took a stand and voted in record numbers to defeat Donald Trump in 2020,” Biden campaign manager Juile Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement.
Biden won the support of minority voters over former President Trump in the 2020 election, and keeping or increasing those margins will be crucial in what is expected to be a close race in November. In 2020, Biden won Black voters by a 75 point margin, Latino voters by a 33 point margin and Asian voters by a 27 point margin, according to exit polls.
“Asian American voters are going to be crucial to the success of Democratic candidates in 2024,” Joe Nguyễn, President and CEO of the AAPI Victory Fund, said in a statement. “Between now and Election Day, we have strong plans to convince and encourage AAPI voters in culturally sensitive ways to address our communities’ values — while also vigorously denouncing the harmful, xenophobic policies and rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and extremist Republicans.”
The White House highlighted various steps Biden has taken to benefit communities of color, including pardoning student loan debt for millions of borrowers, working to address the Black maternal mortality rate, boosting employment for minorities and reducing child poverty through the American Rescue Act and Inflation Reduction Act.
“We have evidence: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have made a difference for the Black community and they will continue to fight for us over the next four years,” said Quentin James, president of The Collective PAC, the largest political action committee supporting Black candidates.
Georgia is becoming a critical battleground state in November after Biden won the Peach State in 2020 by less than 1 percentage point. Polls show him trailing Trump there by an average of 7 percentage points, according to the polling index from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ.
