Rebecca Zeljko
The latest New York Times/Siena College poll released Wednesday shows that former President Donald Trump will capture a immense share of likely Black voters in November.
Trump attracts support with 26 percent of likely black voters, according to voteAccording to the New York Times/Siena College, which is a significant escalate from just 5% of registered black voters before the last presidential election. vote as of June 2020. Probably majority black voters negative on the state of the country under President Joe Biden, with 67 percent of those polled saying the country is headed in the wrong direction and just 26 percent saying it is on the right track.
Still, according to a recent poll, 57 percent of likely black voters identify as Democrats, 30 percent identify as independents and only 8 percent say they are Republicans.
Van Lathan, a former TMZ personality, said in an interview interview with Don Lemon that black Americans are turning to Trump because “he is the most crystal clear example of the American Dream” and because “they don’t feel particularly inspired by Joe Biden.”
“They don’t see anything changing in their neighborhoods, and the political promises that they know about from Joe Biden are obvious to them that they haven’t come true,” Lathan said in an interview.
Historically, Black Americans have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats.
In 2020, one estimate was 87 percent of black Americans voted for Biden, while 12 percent voted for Trump. Roper Center. IN 2016Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won 89 percent of the black vote, while Trump only won 8 percent.
In key swing states, 30 percent of Black men registered to vote say they will definitely or probably support former President Trump in 2024, while Biden received about 57 percent, according to a March report in the Wall Street Journal. vote.
“Biden is further away from Democrats than he has been in the past,” pollster Michael Bocian told WSJ. “I think getting more Black people back is going to be key for him.”
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Rebeka Zeljko is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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