Black Votes Matter
“A rule of thumb has been that Democrats need at least 90% of the black vote to win,” Larry Schweikart noted a few months back. “If that’s the case, Biden isn’t even in the same zip code as a victory.”
“A rule of thumb has been that Democrats need at least 90% of the black vote to win,” Larry Schweikart noted a few months back. “If that’s the case, Biden isn’t even in the same zip code as a victory.”
Further:
Biden has yet to crack 80% approval with blacks while Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election with 88% black approval (down markedly, of course, from Barack Obama’s 90+ numbers).
The latest NBC News/Marist poll for Florida gives Biden a handy lead, but even there he’s still four points behind Clinton’s nationwide level of black support.
Donald Trump’s approval among black voters, however, appears to be surging:
BREAKING:
— Sam (@SunshineSt8Sam) October 29, 2020
31% of Black Voters say they are voting for President Trump - a historic margin pic.twitter.com/vqxmwizLZ0
Trump also recently won the endorsement of black Michigan Democrat Maurice Davis. And there’s this gentleman, whose accent suggests Jamaican origin:
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2020