Black Trump supporters « are poorly mobilized » and Black voters « will likely strongly rally » behind Kamala Harris, Professor Katherine Tate told Newsweek.
Former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may not be doing as well with Black voters as previously thought, according to two recent polls.
A poll conducted by Howard University’s Initiative on Public Opinion found 83 percent of Black respondents are planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, while just 8 percent are backing Trump.
It surveyed 981 Black likely voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin between October 2 and 8. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
Trump’s support in the survey is four points down from a similar survey conducted by Howard University in September. That survey found 81 percent were supporting Harris, while 12 percent said they would vote for Trump.
The latest survey found 77 percent had a favorable view of Harris, up from 74 percent in September. Only 15 percent said they had a favorable view of Trump, down from 17 percent in September.
Another recent poll conducted by YouGov for CBS News found that Harris has similar support from Black voters as Biden did in 2020. That survey, conducted between October 8 and 11, found that 87 percent of Black likely voters support Harris and 12 percent back Trump.
Janiyah Thomas, the Trump campaign’s director of Black media engagement, previously told Newsweek the campaign was focused on delivering results rather than chasing polls.
