a quality education with all of the resources. that s number one. the education is a key for us, okay? second i will say that the job situation that we have, several years ago, we had a bunch of victory workers, now those things are going away for a job that is scarce and competitive. in talking to howard and other black leaders and voters here in the anson county area, another interesting factor that i learned about is that in addition to fears about the economy they re focused on young people. the young black people born here, coming up in the county right now and as they look at the challenges they re facing they re wondering what kind of jobs and community will the young people here inherit. they re watching many of them leave and never return nap is another tie to their hoping that politicians will look to rural
internet. they have some families who don t have running water. they re focused on the essentials, economy and jobs and opportunities they feel have passed by them in recent years. it s an interesting place with some contradictions. on the one contradictions. many black leaders are here. and black voters feel like their voices are not being heard at the statewide or national level. and we re seeing that in 2016 hillary clinton took this county by 13 points. then in 2020 joe biden only took it by four. as we have conversations with people to understand what happened here is the result of a community that feels like they have been left behind and even some of the black voters that are often dedicated voters are starting to feel like their voices are not being heard. let s listen to howard mcclain who is part of the schools here.