Randall Woodfin: The Democratic Mayor Who’s Getting Black Men Right
- Kevin Harris
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Published March 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM EDT
Mayor Randall Woodfin speaks during his inauguration ceremony (Photo by Mark Almond)
BIRMINGHAM, AL — More than one in four Black men voted for Donald Trump in 2024. Democrats can either spend the next four years wondering why, or they can look at what Mayor Randall Woodfin is doing in Birmingham and get to work.
In 2024, Trump’s share of the Black vote roughly doubled from 2020 levels, and more than one-quarter of Black men supported him at the polls, a significant shift from prior years.
The problem for Democrats is that even small shifts can affect outcomes in key states and congressional districts where every eligible Black vote is needed just to squeak out a victory. And this movement among Black men did not occur in a vacuum. Black men are a part of the dissatisfied working-class who feel their economic grievances go unaddressed by the Democratic Party.
Woodfin’s approach cuts through that dissatisfaction.