According to a survey posted to Medium by Walter Kawecki, VoterLabs’ CEO of data and analytics, nearly a third of black Democrat women are neutral or supportive of Donald Trump, which poses a problem for a party that relies heavily on their support.
“Interestingly, 29 percent of respondents had a favorable or neutral opinion of Donald Trump. Of those polled 16 percent responded that they ‘really liked him’ or ‘he’s okay,’ with an additional almost 13 percent undecided, a much different picture than one portrayed in most media,” according to VoterLabs.
Kawecki contends that’s a bad sign for Democrats hoping to take out Trump in 2020.
“Trump’s numbers with black Democratic women show that his populist message still resonates with many,” he said. “Given that (Socialist Sen. Bernie) Sanders also has a heavily populist message, and is currently enjoying strong support in this community, Trump’s numbers shouldn’t be that surprising.
“It’s also important to remember that Hillary Clinton badly underperformed with this group in 2016. Turnout among black Democratic women dropped from around 68 percent in 2008 and 70 percent in 2012, to about 64 percent in 2016.”
The poll of black Democrat women likely to vote in the 2020 primaries was conducted via mobile apps in late April, and included a...
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I never heard of VoterLabs and I must say as an ardent Trump supporter I really don't buy this poll. I can't imagine a gaggle of black women where that many would be positive of Trump not with the constant anti Trump propaganda spewed 24/7 for three years by all their "preferred" information sources. Nope, don'y buy it, sorry.
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