CNN’s Harry Enten not too long ago broke down the surge of assist for Trump amongst black voters and appeared surprised by the findings.
As we identified yesterday, black voters are deserting Democrats over inflation and extremism.
Enten notes that black assist for Trump is particularly sturdy amongst younger voters.
FOX Information studies:
Trump’s surge in polls with Black voters stuns CNN analyst: ‘Actually historic’
Former President Trump’s surge within the polls amongst Black voters is a “troubling signal” for the Biden marketing campaign, an information reporter warned Friday.
Current polling exhibits the previous president might get a “historic” increase from Black voters in November in the event that they proceed to bitter on President Biden, CNN knowledge analyst Harry Enten reported.
“My goodness gracious,” he mentioned as he reacted to the polling common, which confirmed Trump’s assist amongst Black voters greater than doubled to 22% in comparison with 2020. Biden, in the meantime, noticed a 12% drop, although he nonetheless holds a 47-point lead.
If this continued into November, Trump might win a bigger share of Black voters than any Republican candidate since 1960, Enten mentioned.
“This might be by far the very best efficiency for a Republican candidate amongst Black voters in a technology, two generations, in all probability since 1960 and Richard Nixon towards John F. Kennedy … This may very well be a really historic margin,” he mentioned. “It’s fairly a troubling signal for the Biden marketing campaign.”
Nevertheless, there’s a stark distinction when factoring age. The polling common CNN cited confirmed 82% of Black voters 50 and older, however that dropped to 62% for voters underneath 50. Trump has assist from 25% of Black voters from 18 to 49 — thrice greater than older voters.
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Trump has doubled his assist amongst Black voters from this level 4 years in the past. If his assist held, it would be the very best GOP efficiency since Richard Nixon in 1960 amongst Black voters….
Trump’s doing it due to pulling in 1 / 4 of Black voters underneath 50. pic.twitter.com/qDqBfRVLVA
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) Might 17, 2024
The election remains to be months away however it is a excellent signal for Trump.