CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod warned Monday that Black voters are turning away from President Joe Biden.

Despite demographics being a key factor in Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election, Black voters are clearly holding back. New York Times (NYT) warned No Democratic candidate since the civil rights era has won less than 80% of the black vote. This means the new trend could spell disaster for Biden's re-election campaign.

“I don't deny the problem of young black men. I don't think this is just a statistical glitch, and I think the Biden campaign and the Democratic Party need to look at it.” This is a trend line. So I think there are economic trends that we need to pursue here as well,” Axelrod said on “CNN This Morning.”

New York Times/Siena College poll A November survey found that support for Biden among Black voters has fallen from 92% to 71% since 2020. It also found that in six battleground states, nearly a quarter of voters, or 22%, said they supported the former president. Donald Trump in the 2024 election. (Related: Al Sharpton warns Biden administration that it needs to take seriously the shift away from Black voters to the Democratic Party)

Another poll conducted by Fox News in October showed Mr. Biden leading Mr. Trump 74% to 26% among Black voters, down from the president's 92% in that demographic in 2020.

A black voter in Chicago who identifies as a “lifelong Democrat” recently threatened to switch parties against Biden, citing the immigration crisis affecting major cities across the country.

“I want to say to President Biden and the Democratic Party as a whole, you've missed the mark on this and you've lost some of your most loyal voters,” one voter told Fox News in late January.