The midterms are almost here. And this year, many of the issues that matter most feel

especially personal to black voters, like Minister Dominique Alexander of Dallas, Texas.

The quality of education is in despair, violence, urban violence. So those are the issues that

I'll be coming to the ballot with.

The economy is the biggest issue for Anita Cleveland of Oakcliffe, Texas. She says a lot

of black businesses were left out in the cold during the pandemic. So she's looking to

Democrats in her state who are prioritizing small business owners like her.

We had two rounds of PPP that did not last a bit about two and a half to three months.

And so that's a huge problem. So aid to small businesses and then also a universal basic

income.

Anita says criminal justice reform is also at the top of her mind.

Oakcliffe is the very bottom and has the most prisoners in the state of Texas that come

out of Oakcliffe go to prison, which is a huge huge problem. That truly we still need

to address a Joe Biden.

And for Mary Bonaparte, it feels like everything is at stake.

This is about our future, our children's future, our children's future.

Many terms are a chance for voters to send a message to the president and the party in

power. But turnout tends to be lower in these off-year elections. So Democrats are counting

on black voters, their most loyal constituents, to show up.

So midterms are going to determine the next two years of which party gets to lead the legislative

process in Congress.

If Democrats lose the majority, even in just one of the chambers, their chances of passing

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