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The 92%: Black Women, Kamala Harris, and the Psychological Impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, Plus Six Practical Tools for Coping and Support
Black women showed up, again. In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, 92% of Black women voters cast their ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris, reaffirming our position as the moral compass and political backbone of this nation. And yet, once again, our hopes were met with heartbreak. As the dust settles, many of us are left holding the emotional weight of another election cycle that demanded our labor but dismissed our needs.
This commentary from the Black Women’s Wellness (BWell) Lab is more than a post-election reflection. It is a call to witness the psychological toll of civic duty on a group that never stops fighting for a better tomorrow. We explore the deep emotional dissonance that arises when overwhelming support is met with underwhelming outcomes, and we offer six practical tools rooted in rest, resistance, and radical care for the 92% of us who continue to carry democracy on our backs.
Because while the world debates who lost the election, we are busy calculating what it cost us.