Black voters in the United States shifted their support away from the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2024, according to a new New York Times/Siena poll.
In the 2016 election, only 7% of black voters supported the Republican Party, a stark contrast to recent polling results for 2024, where support for the Republican Party among black voters rose to 15%. According to In the New York Times. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris received support from 75% of black voters, compared to 16% for former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to September data from the Howard University Initiative. This is an astonishing 9% increase from 2020. About public opinion.
Top Shot – U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with former U.S. president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Republican) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
In September, a commission of undecided black voters in Georgia said it was leaning toward Mr. Trump, noting that the economy had fared better under the former president. When asked to raise their hands whether they think the economy has gotten better under the Trump administration, seven of the eight Cobb County Commission members raised their hands.
“He still has a business mindset. I think that’s helped a little bit and I think trickle-down, whatever it was before. And he just handles certain things a little bit better. I think so,” said one committee member who voted for President Trump. He said he is leaning toward voting for him again in 2020.
Individuals deemed “leaning” in the NYT/Siena poll did not support Trump or Harris when they had the choice between a variety of third-party candidates, but they did not support either Republican or Democratic candidates. I was asked if I would choose a candidate. 18% of black voters said They said they were leaning toward Trump, while 15% said they were leaning toward Harris. (Related: CNN anchor breaks down ‘welcoming news’ for President Trump ‘among Black and Hispanic voters’)
Of the black voters surveyed, 83% were women and 70% were men. The margin of error for black voters is plus or minus 5.6 percentage points.
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