Democratic Dominance?

By Lucius Gantt

Congratulations to the Democratic candidates who won monumental victories in the 2025 elections.

So-called political pundits and experts suggested that the “affordability” messages were the reasons for winning

races for Governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and for Mayoral wins in New York City and in Atlanta, Georgia.

Well, TGR has a simpler analysis of how the elections turned out.

All election night long, cable news pundits talked about how winning Democrats outperformed Vice President

Kamala Harris’ vote numbers in 2024.

Hmmm? What I saw in 2025 was Black women having no problems voting for white women, even when the

white candidates had a Black female opponent.

The white female voters who shunned Kamala to cast votes for Republican Donald Trump, quickly voted against

Trump’s Republican MAGA candidates and cast their ballots for white women.

Also, don’t leave out Hispanic Americans who voted heavily for the overweight sickly Trump but ignored the

MAGA election talking points and voted for the white Democratic women.

Once the cheap wine and champagne were guzzled at the victory celebrations, the Democratic divisions began to

resurface.

The Democratic elected officials and the Democratic incumbents, talked expanding the government, but like most

Politicians, there was no talk about how lofty ideas like “Medicare for All” would be funded or implemented.

When you wish upon a political star, it makes no difference who or where you are, but in the real political world,

winning an election is much different than winning in Congress or a State Legislature.

Oftentimes, lobbyists and others in the legislative process use Martin Luther King’s history to describe legislative

proposals when they say a proposed bill, “is like Martin Luther King, good but dead!”

Black Americans were told by politicians long ago how freed slave families would get 40 acres and a mule to farm

with and care for their families. Four hundred years later, poor Blacks can’t get or afford a forty-foot tent and a block

of government cheese!

We should continue to exercise our right to vote and cast our ballots in every election. At the same time, we need

to do for ourselves. We can never depend on government policies to address our needs in Black communities.

Congrats again to all the victors in the 2025 elections. I was happy to cast my votes, but I didn’t hesitate to

withhold my votes from community candidates who feel that people in Black communities are politically inferior.

Democratic dominance was recognized, but not uplifting!

By Lucius Gantt

Congratulations to the Democratic candidates who won monumental victories in the 2025 elections.

So-called political pundits and experts suggested that the “affordability” messages were the reasons for winning

races for Governor in New Jersey and Virginia, and for Mayoral wins in New York City and in Atlanta, Georgia.

Well, TGR has a simpler analysis of how the elections turned out.

All election night long, cable news pundits talked about how winning Democrats outperformed Vice President

Kamala Harris’ vote numbers in 2024.

Hmmm? What I saw in 2025 was Black women having no problems voting for white women, even when the

white candidates had a Black female opponent.

The white female voters who shunned Kamala to cast votes for Republican Donald Trump, quickly voted against

Trump’s Republican MAGA candidates and cast their ballots for white women.

Also, don’t leave out Hispanic Americans who voted heavily for the overweight sickly Trump but ignored the

MAGA election talking points and voted for the white Democratic women.

Once the cheap wine and champagne were guzzled at the victory celebrations, the Democratic divisions began to

resurface.

The Democratic elected officials and the Democratic incumbents, talked expanding the government, but like most

Politicians, there was no talk about how lofty ideas like “Medicare for All” would be funded or implemented.

When you wish upon a political star, it makes no difference who or where you are, but in the real political world,

winning an election is much different than winning in Congress or a State Legislature.

Oftentimes, lobbyists and others in the legislative process use Martin Luther King’s history to describe legislative

proposals when they say a proposed bill, “is like Martin Luther King, good but dead!”

Black Americans were told by politicians long ago how freed slave families would get 40 acres and a mule to farm

with and care for their families. Four hundred years later, poor Blacks can’t get or afford a forty-foot tent and a block

of government cheese!

We should continue to exercise our right to vote and cast our ballots in every election. At the same time, we need

to do for ourselves. We can never depend on government policies to address our needs in Black communities.

Congrats again to all the victors in the 2025 elections. I was happy to cast my votes, but I didn’t hesitate to

withhold my votes from community candidates who feel that people in Black communities are politically inferior.

Democratic dominance was recognized, but not uplifting!