{"id":7759,"date":"2026-11-06T23:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=7759"},"modified":"2026-11-06T23:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:24:54","slug":"black-women-did-the-work-the-2026-midterms-show-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=7759","title":{"rendered":"Black Women Did the Work. The 2026 Midterms Show It"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Glynda C.<\/a><\/span> Carr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Long before the networks called a single race on Tuesday night, Black women had already done the work. We knocked on doors, made one more round of calls, hosted gatherings in our living rooms and fellowship halls, and drove our mothers, neighbors and line sisters to the polls.<\/p>\n

That was not a given. Coming out of 2024, many Black women were tired of carrying the country and being thanked with silence. Plenty of us were ready to let somebody else do it this time. At Higher Heights, we spent 2025 and early 2026 meeting that fatigue head-on.<\/p>\n

Then the tide turned, and it turned fast. Rent and grocery bills kept climbing. Health care got harder to afford. Lawmakers redrew maps to shrink the power of Black voters. This fall, more than nine in 10 Black women told pollsters they were dissatisfied with the direction of the country, yet 87% said they were still motivated to vote. We turned that frustration into turnout. Reports from Mississippi described Black turnout heavy enough to overwhelm polling places, and exit polls show 93% of Black women backed Democratic House candidates.<\/p>\n