The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt
       This may be the last Gantt Report column before the 2024 US elections. I voted early. If you have not yet voted, I encourage you to go to the ballot box and cast your ballots.
TGR doesnât endorse any candidate that does not endorse Black contributors, Black endorsers, or Black businesses.
However, I will suggest that Black Americans and Latinos vote against nationalists, supremacists, and racially motivated candidates that seek to make America âwhite againâ.
Gantt Report readers were told months ago that the battle for the Presidency would be so close that on election night no one would be declared the winner.
The base of the Democratic voters is comprised of Black voters of all ages, genders, persuasions, and political interests.
Other voters of other ethnicities are pretty much divided, some whites, Latinos, and Asian Americans; are registered as members of a variety of political parties.
When Blacks unite and turn out to vote in large numbers (over 60%), Democrats win.
OK, so why is the 2024 presidential race so close. The race is close because the campaign team that Kamala assembled was not Kamalaâs team; they were consultants that were given to her by President Joe Biden.
Follow me, the highest-paid and most influential consultants on the Harris campaign staff have always felt that there were few Black political advisors or consultants in America that had any vote-generating value.
In other words, the campaign has white men and women, Hispanics, gays (or LBGTQ), Jews, and others in prominent decision-making positions and purchasing positions.
Most Blacks were relegated to voluntary jobs or positions, even though there were billions of Democratic and Republican campaign dollars spent by political candidates in America.
What about the Blacks we see on TV and social media?
Well, most of the Blacks you see are preachers, professors, or pretenders.
One of the newspaper editors that run TGR in their Texas newspapers sent me an email to tell me that Roland Martin was their âpolitical expertâ.
I told the editor, Roland Martin is a good journalist, and so am I. Roland covers political news and events. I analyze and opine about politics and economics.
Black political professionals get paid to âdeliverâ votes and victories. There is a difference.
Let me explain the above. You tell me, who is the Black journalist who knows political timing, political messaging, political targeting, political mailing, political printing, effective GOTV, and the journalist who knows how to generate votes in âenemy territoriesâ such as in red states and GOP legislative and Congressional districts?
Trust me. Black women and men who have education, professional training, and professional experience do exist.
Before I close, the political talking heads who parrot, puppet or rubber stamp white political operatives want to tell you about âpollsâ every time they open their mouths.
Presidential polls are different and oftentimes wrong! Iâll tell you an easy way to tell poll inaccuracy. Iâve never been polled, and I donât know anyone who has been politically polled, perhaps you and people you know have not been polled.
Most polls are âinternal pollsâ where candidates pay pollsters to poll people nationally, in their states, or in their districts. In that scenario, the internal poll must be positive or must show the poll purchaser positive voter support. If not, pollsters are let go and candidates might drop out.
You can question my knowledge, opinion, intent, or political history but take a moment to Google âDewey-Truman pollsâ.
Pollsters declared Dewey the winner in the Presidential race against Truman but when votes were counted, Dewey was sent home, a loser.
I want candidates on all levels to understand Black men and women have value.
Never forget that everything in capitalist society elections are about money, before election day and after election day.
Black people know âtalking pointsâ when they hear them, and no candidates are talking about political windfalls for Black Americans!
Still, you must go and vote!
