It turns out the era of politics driven by racial identity may be over. With Barack Obama now in America’s collective rear-view mirror – and his race-motivated politics behind us, maybe we can get back to becoming one America.
Support for President Trump in the African American community stands at 16 percent.
While these sound like dismal numbers, they’re actually historically high. Shockingly so, even, especially considering Trump only received 8 percent of the black vote in November 2016.
An equally good number for the President is the “not-sure” rating among blacks.
When African Americans were asked whether they approved, disapproved or were “not sure,” one in ten were in the latter category. That raises the possibility that Trump’s approval could rise to 26 percent among a minority population that typically votes almost exclusively for Democrats.
The latest numbers come from a YouGov/Economist poll and was reported by The Federalist.
And that 16 percent is up from just a couple months ago. The same poll reported in January that Trump’s approval was 10 percent among black Americans – they keep getting better.
Even better: The YouGov poll asks “all voters,” and not just “registered voters.” The latter category consistently bodes better for Republican candidates.
And as The Federalist notes, it’s not just one poll that shows rising support for Trump among African Americans. A Marist poll found 8 percent approval among blacks, and a Quinnipiac poll found 11 percent.
These great numbers are dangerous to Democrats who surely must see the rising popularity for President Trump among their most loyal supporters as a...
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It's the likely voters that count, but I have no doubt those numbers are up, too.
ReplyDeleteThey were told that they were owed by the country and the things that made things good before were all a lie. Then, one of theirs (or so they thought) came along and things became far worse, instead of better because he really wasn't one of theirs.
So now someone comes along and, doing everything the Lefties said would make things worse, has made things infinitely better and so they make the obvious connection.