Activists Talk About Impact on Voter Turnout

Election brought historic numbers of voters to the polls across the country.

So far joe biden received more than 74-point-five million votes.

I spoke with some local activists here in madison county who worked to encourage voter turnout during the election about how conversations this summer translated to votes at the ballot box.

We all came together vote huntsville and look what happens when we come together.

Reverend fred whitlow ii was one of several organizers in madison county who worked to encourage as many people as possible go to the polls this election.

Rev.

Fred whitlow ii there's nothing we can't do.

Like, we've seen it, literally.

June 1st to november 1st, we've seen monumental change: historically, statewide, nationally, local.

And guess what?

It's going to get better.

I'm telling you, it's going to get better.

During his radio show on saturday, whitlow featured guests like dantraeon calvert with the poor people's campaign who said seeing their work pay off was extraordinary.

Dantraeon calvert, the poor people's campaign to have my best friend in the entire world tell me that the first ever election that he voted in was one that we've been advocating for people to vote in, that is real-life joy.

That is pride that cannot be felt or experienced with anything selfish.

The state president of the poor people's campaign was also in huntsville on saturday.

She hopes to use the energy from this election to work with local groups and the projected biden campaign to help advocate for low income people across the state.

Rev.

Carolyn foster on a personal level, i'm just really excited that this country is taking a new direction, that we will be brought together.

My hope is that we will be brought together because we are not enemies, we aramericans.

Whitlow says while there's still more work to be done to improve society he says the most important thing is to keep increasing voter turnout as the years go on.

Just grateful to everyone on all sides because without tension, there's no progress.

And without unity, there's no oneness of mission.

That's the real thing, like you gotta have the mission on point and everything else is strategy and it's the long game.

Whitlow hopes that people stay engaged with the issues that brought them to the polls this year.

"what a testament to