Former CNN host Don Lemon said Tuesday that he fact-checked Black voters in battleground states who said they supported Republican candidate Donald Trump.
While Trump has gained support in key voting blocs, Harris has lagged behind other Democratic presidential candidates in the past few elections in support of black voters, especially black men. Lemon told “Inside Politics with Dana Bash” that he traveled to several battleground states and spoke with black voters who said they supported the former president primarily for economic reasons.
“We had a problem. Look, I went from battleground state to battleground state to battleground state to battleground state. When I was invited to the convention, I didn’t just want to fly, I wanted to talk to voters in battleground states. I said I was going to go talk to him, and I did,” Lemon said. “It wasn’t curated, it was just walking up to people on the street doing man-activism and saying, ‘Black people, who are you going to vote for?'” And they did it over and over again. I said, “I’m voting for Donald Trump.” Now, the reason was almost always “for financial reasons” or “because he gave me a stimulus check.” And I’ve corrected them multiple times, saying that the stimulus checks came from a Democratic Congress and Nancy Pelosi, and that Donald Trump actually kept those checks by putting his name on the checks. Because they could, then they had to say they thought they received the check directly. he. “
“Meanwhile, Joe Biden gave out one or two stimulus checks as well, but they don’t seem to know or understand that. You can vote for whoever you want to vote, but you can’t vote I think your reasons should be accurate and factual, and you need to understand why you’re supporting someone,” Lemon continued.
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New York Times/Siena College public opinion poll According to the researchers, Harris holds a 63-point lead among all Black voters, compared to President Joe Biden’s 81-point lead in 2020 and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s 85-point lead in 2016. lower than lead. Harris leads black male voters by 53 points. This point is also lower than Biden and Clinton. (Related: ‘In case of panic’: ‘Morning Joe’ guest says Kamala Harris has ‘good reason to worry’ about election)
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said Monday that Harris has historically low approval ratings among black men ages 18 to 44, a whopping 41 points. Former President Barack Obama had 81% support among this group in 2012, but this fell to 63 points for Clinton in 2016 and 53 points for Biden in 2020.
Black voters are also moving away from Democrats, with Republican support among this group increasing from 7% in 2016 to 15% in 2024.
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