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Black Voters Ghosting the Democrats


By: Kevin Jackson | October 19, 2025

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Imagine somewhere in a dimly lit D.C. basement, a cadre of pollster’s huddles over flickering screens, sweat beading like forbidden truths on their foreheads.

They’ve just crunched the latest data from AtlasIntel, and the verdict hits like a rogue wave at a beachside barbecue—54% of Black voters approving of Donald Trump’s job performance, while a mere 46% disapprove. That’s not just a blip; that’s Black support for Trump outshining the national average, where 47% approve and 52% tsk-tsk from their ivory towers.

In a nation where racial fault lines are usually drawn with the precision of a drunk cartographer, this poll whispers a seismic shift: Black voters, long the unyielding backbone of the Democratic machine, are eyeing the exit sign lit up in MAGA red.

But hold onto your yarmulke, because the comedy of errors doesn’t stop there.

This same AtlasIntel survey, drawn from 1,066 Americans with a margin of error tighter than a miser’s fist (±3%), clocked Black respondents at about 10.6% of the sample—hardly a rounding error. Still, rewind the tape to earlier in the year, and the numbers play like a bad acid trip: May’s poll had 28% Black approval, July plunged to a cryptic 14%. Why the nosedive? Did a summer heatwave melt the resolve of respondents too polite to hang up? Then, bam—October’s quantum leap to 54%.

It’s as if the Black electorate collectively binge-watched Trump’s rallies on fast-forward, pausing only to nod at the parts where he promises to bulldoze the border banditos and criminals turning Black neighborhoods into no-man’s-lands.

Of course, the chattering class—those self-appointed oracles who treat polls like sacred scrolls—scoffs at this outlier.

A late-September YouGov survey clocked Black approval at a dismal 12%, with 86% channeling their inner Ebenezer Scrooge in disapproval. Echoing the gloom, a New York Times/Siena College poll from the same fever-dream period pegged it at 10%.

These aren’t polls; they’re prophecies scripted by the same folks who swore Hillary’s emails were a nothingburger and Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal was “an orderly success.” Meanwhile, Trump’s 2020 haul of 14% Black votes—modest, sure, but a Republican high-water mark since the days when Ronald Reagan charmed with supply-side sonnets—now feels like ancient history. What sorcery turned that trickle into a potential torrent?

Ah, but let’s not kid ourselves: this isn’t sorcery; it’s sobriety. Black Americans, like any group weary of being pawns in a partisan chess game, are waking up to the raw arithmetic of Trump’s agenda. Start with the streets, those concrete veins pulsing with the real pulse of Black life—neighborhood safety.

Under the Obama-Biden carousel, urban crime didn’t just tick up; it erupted like a long-simmering grudge match finally spilling into the alleyways. Homicide rates in major cities spiked 30% from 2019 to 2020, per FBI data, with Black communities bearing the brunt—young men gunned down in broad daylight while politicians preached “mostly peaceful” protests from their gated enclaves.

Trump flipped the script with Operation Legend.

He flooding cities with federal agents to claw back control from the chaos merchants who thought “defund the police” was a haiku, not a homicide invitation. Approval ratings among Black voters for his law-and-order push? They didn’t just climb; they vaulted, as folks traded abstract slogans for the tangible thrill of walking home without glancing over their shoulder.

And here’s where the humor sharpens to a stiletto: the Left, those high priests of performative piety, spent decades peddling the myth that Black progress hinged on their benevolent oversight—like feudal lords doling out scraps from the castle feast.

Historical context? Let’s dust off the archives. From the Dixiecrats who filibustered civil rights in the 1960s to the welfare traps of the Great Society that ensnared generations in dependency, Democrats have mastered the art of the gilded cage. LBJ’s infamous quip about owning “the n***** vote for 200 years” wasn’t hyperbole; it was blueprint.

Fast-forward to today, and the hypocrisy gleams like fool’s gold: the same party that greenlit mass incarceration under Clinton now weeps crocodile tears over “systemic racism” while ignoring how their sanctuary-city experiments have flooded Black neighborhoods with fentanyl-fueled phantoms. Trump’s retort? Meritocracy unapologetic, borders sealed like a vault, and his first-term Opportunity Zones that funneled billions into Black-owned businesses—$75 billion in investments by 2023, per Treasury reports. Estimates have Trump creating 500,000 jobs in underserved areas.

No wonder the polls are glitching; reality’s a tough pill when your brand is built on pity porn.

Now, devil’s advocate time, because we can’t ignore the funhouse mirrors.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)—that corporate kabuki theater the Left touts as salvation—has its cheerleaders arguing it pads the numbers for Black advancement. Sure, on paper, quotas might juice short-term hires, like sprinkling glitter on a mud pie and calling it cake.

A 2023 McKinsey report claimed companies with diverse exec teams outperform peers by 25% in profitability, a stat the DEI evangelists wave like a magic wand. But peel back the foil, and the emperor’s strutting in his skivvies: studies from Harvard Business Review show DEI initiatives often breed resentment, not results, with 40% of employees viewing them as “reverse discrimination.” And among Black voters?

A Rasmussen poll from August 2024 found 62% prioritizing “equal opportunity based on merit” over mandated diversity hires, underscoring a deep-seated belief in climbing ladders you build yourself, not elevators rigged by bureaucrats. Trump’s pitch resonates here—no handouts, just highways paved with hard-won hustle. It’s why Black entrepreneurs, from barbershop philosophers to tech trailblazers, are ditching the Democratic dole for the Republican roar.

Zoom out, and the X ecosystem—once Twitter, now the wild west of unfiltered truth—pulses with this awakening.

Scroll through and you’ll find Black voices belting Trump’s praises like an impromptu gospel choir. Take Judge Joe Brown, dropping an unreported gem about Trump quietly bankrolling young Black entrepreneurs, the kind of off-the-books benevolence the media buries deeper than Jimmy Hoffa. Or N.O.R.E., the hip-hop heavyweight, crowing, “I love Trump! He let n***as out of jail!” in a clip that’s racked up millions of views, crediting the First Step Act for slashing sentences on nonviolent offenses—over 3,000 Black inmates freed by 2021, per DOJ stats.

Then there’s the Black MAGA Preacher, Jordan Wells, fielding fire for rocking a red hat in the pulpit, asking, “How can I preach salvation while backing the man the devil’s disciples demonize?” His viral takedown? Democrats peddle victimhood; Trump peddles victory.

This isn’t blind fealty; it’s forensic accounting.

Black unemployment cratered to 5.4% under Trump pre-COVID—the lowest in 50 years, per BLS data—fueled by tax cuts that let small businesses breathe without Big Brother’s boot on their neck. Contrast that with Biden’s “Build Back Broke” blueprint, where inflation gnawed at grocery carts like termites at a dream deferred, hitting Black households hardest with a 20% food price surge by 2023. Trump’s not whispering sweet nothings; he’s yelling blueprints for border walls that stem the tide of wage-wrecking illegals, school choice vouchers that liberate kids from failing public pens, and energy independence that slashes utility bills without apology.

The irony? The Left’s propaganda press, ever the loyal lapdog, spins these surges as “anomalies” while internal Trump polls—those elusive El Dorado of electoral intel—paint a rosier portrait. Why the veil? Because admitting Black voters are bolt-clipping their chains threatens the whole plantation paradigm. Trump’s team doesn’t poll-chase; they policy-charge, consequences be damned. Common sense over consensus, action over alibis. As one X sage quipped, “Democrats promised hope and change; Trump delivered jobs and jails emptied. Guess which sticks?”

In the end, this polling pandemonium isn’t about numbers; it’s about narratives cracking like eggshells under combat boots. Black America, forged in the fires of real struggle—from Selma’s bridges to Baltimore’s blocks—isn’t buying the bill of goods anymore. They’re bartering for the merit-based muscle Trump offers, the kind that fortifies neighborhoods, fuels family tables, and flips the bird to paternalistic pity.

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Trump Chopping the Heads off the Leftist Snakes to win Black Voters


By: Kevin Jackson | July 15, 2025

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If this past week at the Supreme Court had a soundtrack, it would be the Mortal Kombat victory theme blaring over a chorus of sobbing ACLU interns.

Three major rulings dropped like anvils on progressive immigration fantasies; each one a constitutional mic drop—and each one a massive win for Donald Trump. The man the media called a dictator just used the courts—again—to prove he’s the only one playing by the rules. The Left, meanwhile, is so far out of bounds they’re tailgating in North Korea.

Let’s break it down.

1. No More Judicial Mall Cops

In Garland v. CASA, the Supreme Court ended one of the Left’s favorite tactics: the nationwide injunction. For years, low-level district judges—many looking to land a Netflix deal—blocked Trump’s entire national immigration policy with one ruling. Think about that. A part-time federal judge in Berkeley could tell the President of the United States: “Nope, I don’t like that law. You’re canceled.”

Not anymore.

SCOTUS ruled that only plaintiffs actually named in a case can be shielded by injunctions. No more rogue benchwarmers hitting pause on national security just because their barista cried about ICE raids. This is the adult equivalent of putting a baby gate on the judiciary. It doesn’t just rein in activist judges—it shoves them back into their assigned seats.

But perhaps the best part? The dissent. Oh, sweet mercy—the dissent.

Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a 27-page emotional support pamphlet masquerading as jurisprudence. It read like someone asked ChatGPT to summarize Tumblr posts on immigration and feelings. She didn’t just miss the point—she brought a kazoo to a gunfight. Even Amy Coney Barrett, the queen of civility, gently scooted her chair away. You know it’s bad when a Justice with seven kids and zero tattoos goes full “I don’t know her.”

2. The Fourteenth Amendment Wasn’t Written in Spanish

The same case—Garland v. CASA—brushed up against one of the most sacred cows in the Democrat petting zoo: birthright citizenship. Now, the Court didn’t rule on whether babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil automatically get citizenship—but they did make clear that only named plaintiffs in a lawsuit can challenge that policy. That means if you’re not part of the case, you’re not protected. And suddenly, immigration activists are racing to build legal “class actions” faster than Hunter Biden racing to find a burner phone.

Here’s what they don’t want you to understand: The 14th Amendment was written to protect the children of freed slaves—not to provide frequent flyer miles for birth tourists or human traffickers who time a border crossing with a contraction.

Imagine explaining to Frederick Douglass that his hard-won amendment is now being used to hand out U.S. passports like Costco samples. It’s grotesque. And it’s no accident.

For decades, the Left has pimped out the 14th Amendment like a punch card at a nail salon—weaponizing it to grant “citizenship by squatting” and hollowing out its original purpose. If Trump gets his way—and if this SCOTUS continues holding the line—America may finally end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants. Not by fiat, but by law. You know, that thing we’re supposedly still doing here.

3. Third-Country Deportation—Now Boarding

You know what really broke the Left this week? The Supreme Court saying, “Yes, you can deport criminal illegal aliens… to countries other than their homeland.”

And cue the meltdown.

This was a direct hit to the Biden DOJ and their activist judges who blocked Trump’s policy on the grounds that criminals might be “uncomfortable” getting dropped off somewhere that isn’t home. Really? I’m sorry, did we start offering concierge service for cartel hitmen? Trump’s plan was simple: If you’re an illegal immigrant, and your home country won’t take you back, you’re not our problem forever. We’ll send you to a third country—anyone willing to accept you.

Naturally, Democrats freaked out. Because suddenly, the “browning of America” was turning into the lightening of Africa. I say let’s lean into it. If Leftists love diversity so much, let’s export it. Let’s send gangbangers to places that have never experienced “cultural enrichment” like MS-13 tagging up the Serengeti. We’re not deporting—we’re diversifying the globe.

Imagine a convicted felon landing in Botswana and trying to explain that his machete tattoos are “just for show.” Or an MS-13 member introduced in Rwanda as “our new visiting fellow in machete diplomacy.” You wanted globalism? Here you go. Hope your village elders are ready for street racing and fentanyl overdoses.

The cherry on top? Over a million illegal immigrants have already left the U.S.—voluntarily—in anticipation of Trump’s second coming. That’s what you call preemptive border security.

4. Trump: The Most Law-Abiding “Dictator” in History

Let’s zoom out.

The media has painted Trump as a dictator since 2015. Mussolini with better hair. But here we are, in 2025, and what’s he doing? Winning—in court.

They said he’d destroy the Constitution. Instead, he’s restoring it—using it like a battering ram against judicial activism, fake rights, and weaponized tears. They said he would tear down the system. No—he’s beating them with it.

You don’t indict a guy five times and have him keep walking out the front door with a grin unless the law is on his side. Every single win this week was a win for:

  • The rule of law,
  • Common sense,
  • And the millions of Americans tired of being told their country belongs to everyone except them.

This is what makes the Left scream. They can’t claim Trump’s breaking democracy when he keeps beating them in it. He doesn’t kick down doors. He walks through them—legally, surgically, and with a smirk that says, “Told ya.”

And that’s why these rulings matter. Not just for policy, but for the soul of the nation. We’re seeing the end—maybe—of the weaponization of the 14th Amendment. The end of anchor babies. The end of open-borders lunacy dressed up as compassion. We might actually return to an America for Americans—and for those who earn their place here, not for those who sneak in, break the law, then sue for hotel points.

Final Thought: From Courtroom to Comeback

Trump didn’t jail his enemies. He didn’t silence dissent. He didn’t build gulags. He went to court. And won. Clean. Constitutional. Surgical. He’s not the tyrant they warned about. He’s the comeback they never saw coming.

So light a candle for the New York Times editorial board. Send tissues to MSNBC. And tell KBJ to stop submitting feelings as footnotes. Trump’s back. And the Constitution just gave him the keys.

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Trump’s Multiracial Working-Man Optimism Beats Biden’s Corrosive Anger and Resentment


BY: MOLLIE HEMINGWAY | MAY 24, 2024

Read more at https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/24/trumps-multiracial-working-man-optimism-beats-bidens-corrosive-anger-and-resentment/

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Former President Donald Trump managed to pull off a campaign miracle with a wildly successful rally in South Bronx on Thursday night.

The Bronx is the poorest borough in New York City, and South Bronx is the poorest area. Most residents are black or brown, and they vote overwhelmingly Democrat. No Republican presidential candidate has gone anywhere near the area in decades.

On Thursday morning, heavy rains flooded the park where the rally was to be held. Bronx-based Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted “God is good” upon seeing the weather, believing it would keep Trump crowds away. She also taunted Trump for being the victim of Democrat lawfare, saying he had to rally in the Bronx because he was in the “legal version of an ankle bracelet.”

God is good regardless of political outcomes, of course. In this case, He dried Crotona Park in the Bronx before a raucous crowd of thousands poured in to hear one of Trump’s best campaign speeches yet.

“Certainly, a bigger crowd than I think Democrats would like to see, particularly given this is one of the bluest counties in the entire country,” one CNN reporter conceded upon seeing the crowds.

Trump barely mentioned the NYC show trial he’s being subjected to and mixed campaign staples with a declaration of love for New York City and the country at large. He seemed truly happy and at home.

“I was thrilled to be back in the city I grew up in, the city I spent my life in, the city I HELPED BUILD, and the city WE ALL LOVE — THANK YOU!” Trump said on Truth Social. Trump grew up in Queens but officially moved to Florida in 2019. His effusive praise for New York shows a remarkably positive attitude from the former president, given that the city and state are currently part of a Democrat campaign plot to bankrupt and imprison him.

Trump reflected on lessons from his success in New York City real estate, doling out career advice along the way, during his hour-and-a-half speech. A parade of local politicians and activists announced endorsements and support of Trump. When he discussed his economic and immigration policy proposals for getting the country back on track, he argued that his policies would help everyone in the country. It’s part of a concerted effort by the Trump campaign to drive up votes from black and Hispanic voters who traditionally vote Democrat.

“It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or brown or white or whatever the hell color you are — it doesn’t matter. We are all Americans, and we are going to pull together as Americans!” Trump said.

The contrast with President Joe Biden couldn’t be starker. In three decidedly non-raucous speeches within the last week or so, Biden leaned into racial grievance politics. At a speech at the National Museum of African American History and Culture last Friday, Biden claimed America was beset by “forces trying to deny freedom of opportunity for all Americans.” He claimed there was an “insidious” resistance and an “extreme movement” led by his political opponent to hurt black people. In another disaster of a speech to the NAACP, the White House later had to make 10 corrections to it.

The same day as the NAACP speech, Biden gave the commencement address at Morehouse College, a historically black men’s school in Georgia. In a self-centered speech riddled with some of his familiar falsehoods about his life and family, Biden painted a picture of a racist and evil country. He said the country was under the “poison of white supremacy” and falsely claimed Americans were trying to put forth a national book ban to harm black people.

It’s “natural to wonder if democracy” actually works, he said. “What is democracy if black men are being killed in the street? What is democracy if a trail of broken promises still leave black — black communities behind? What is democracy if you have to be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot?”

Biden also falsely claimed Georgia doesn’t allow anyone to drink water in voting lines and that black election workers are being constantly attacked. Biden’s message is that the country is evil, racist, and full of hatred and that he will fix it by emptying the Treasury to buy votes.

Trump, who has the benefit of having already had one very successful term as president, acknowledges the very real economic, social, and foreign policies the country faces. But unlike Biden, his optimistic campaign speeches show a man who seems to love the country, love its cities, love its people, and want the country to return to health.

Whether Biden’s race-baiting rhetoric or Trump’s unbridled multi-ethnic optimism will win the day remains to be seen. The speech in South Bronx showed how successful the latter can be.

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and a Fox News contributor. She is the co-author of Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court. She is the author of “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections.” Reach her at mzhemingway@thefederalist.com

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Black voters rip Biden’s ‘race baiting’ commencement speech as his support dwindles: ‘Party of hopelessness’


Bailee Hill By Bailee Hill Fox News | Published May 20, 2024 2:00pm EDT

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Richmond, Virginia business owner Ajay Brewer and Georgia independent voter Bernadette Wright respond to Biden’s most recent pitch to Black voters. Black voters reacted to President Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta over the weekend, accusing him of “race baiting” while his support in the Black community continues to dissipate ahead of November. 

New York resident Lou Valentino reacted to Biden’s remarks during “Fox & Friends,” accusing him of trying to set Black Americans back after his controversial speech. 

“Race baiter,” Valentino told Lawrence Jones on Monday. “It’s tough to hear that because imagine you going to college for four years… ready to… hit the world, start a career, and… this guy is trying to set you back literally, I don’t know, civil rights. I don’t know what’s going on with the Democrats. This role that they’re trying to play, instead of… pulling up and saying, well, ‘Here we go. This is your time. Congratulations. Let’s kill it. Let’s do our best.’ Nah, you know what, Lawrence? They don’t love you like that.”

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Speaking at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Biden questioned whether American democracy would work for the African-American graduates. 

“You missed your high school graduation. You started college just as George Floyd was murdered, and there was a reckoning on race. It’s natural to wonder if the ‘democracy’ you hear about actually works for you. What is democracy? That Black men are being killed in the street,” Biden told Morehouse graduates on Sunday.

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He continued, “What is democracy? The trail of broken promises still leaves Black communities behind. What is democracy? You have to be ten times better than anyone else to get a fair shot. Most of all, what does it mean? As you’ve heard before, to be a Black man who loves his country even if it doesn’t love him back in equal measure.”

Virginia business owner Ajay Brewer reacted to Biden’s remarks during “Fox & Friends First,” echoing Valentino’s sentiment while accusing the Democrats of stifling the freedom of Black voters. 

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“It’s hopelessness, man… it’s the party of hopelessness,” Brewer told Carley Shimkus on Monday. 

“I could say that… I was a Democrat my entire life until I opened my business… It’s like a drug… victimhood, and, ‘We can do this for you,’  and to be honest with you the Black folks I surround myself with just want government to get out of the way.”

“We don’t need folks to do things for us. We don’t need people to baby us,” he continued. “It’s kind of disturbing… that they pander to us in this manner because they can depend on us at a clip of 90% plus, but I think that’s going to change this election.”

According to a new Fox News poll, Biden’s support with Black voters has declined 7% since October 2020, while Trump’s support has spiked 9% in the same time frame. 

“America is changing and people are becoming more sensitive to what’s affecting us as individuals, as business owners, as parents. Not just because we’re Black, not just because we’re women, not just because we’re men. They can’t keep putting us in these race baskets,” Georgia independent voter Bernadette Wright told “Fox & Friends First” Monday. 

“Accountability season is here, and America is ready for someone who’s ready to lead from a place of understanding that you’re going to have to meet with the states, and you’re going to have to meet with the local government if you want to affect individual communities on a micro level.”

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“When it comes to me as an African American, I need you to pay attention to what’s going on with my business,” she continued. “It’s not always just about, ‘Oh, you’re Black, so you must need this in your community. They don’t even know who we are at this point. We’re just looking for somebody to come to the middle and lead.”

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Biden had also been accused of using the speech to cater to Black voters. After he was announced as commencement speaker in April, students and professors quickly called on the college to cancel the speech.

During the speech, a smattering of Morehouse students and faculty also protested Biden’s speech by turning their backs on him. The protest was not widespread, however, and those participating did not disrupt his address beyond showing their backs. The small protest was a reminder of the continued unrest at college campuses across the country, however, where anti-Israel protests have forced some universities to cancel their commencement ceremonies altogether.

Fox News’ Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report. 

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Black Voters’ Disillusionment with Biden Could Help Trump Pull Off A 2016 Repeat


BY: BRIANNA LYMAN | APRIL 08, 2024

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During a recent segment on “Saturday Night Live,” Michael Che joked President Joe Biden, like the Baltimore bridge that collapsed, “is no longer connecting with black communities.” But for the Biden campaign, it’s not funny. In fact, the president’s low approval ratings and apparent inability to inspire enthusiasm among black voters could mean a repeat of 2016 for Democrats, if the enthusiasm gap is wide enough to outweigh Democrats’ ballot trafficking operations.

A poll surveying Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin conducted by the Wall Street Journal found that Biden is winning about 68 percent of black voters in those swing states — a low number, by historical comparison. During the 2020 election, Biden received 91 percent of the black vote nationwide, according to the WSJ.

The WSJ poll, which was conducted March 17-24 and included 600 voters in each state, isn’t the first to suggest black voters may be growing dissatisfied with the Biden administration. In November, a New York Times and Siena College poll found 22 percent of black voters in six key swing states would choose Trump over Biden. A December poll from the University of Chicago found 63 percent of black Americans would vote for Biden while 20 percent said they would vote for “someone else” besides Trump or Biden. Seventeen percent said they would choose Trump.

An NBC News poll also found that while black voters may still overwhelmingly favor Biden when compared to Trump, “the margin shrank” when it came to those under the age of 34. Biden’s support went from 73 percent among black voters of all ages to 60 percent amongst those under 34. Meanwhile, Trump went from 17 percent to 28 percent respectively, according to the poll. The demographic is key for Biden, who won “89% of Black voters under 29 and 78% of those 30 to 44,” according to the poll.

‘Overall Lack of Enthusiasm’

“It doesn’t seem like any choice is really a good choice at all,” 30-year-old Detroit native Kaja Braziel told NPR. Braziel, who voted for former President Barack Obama, said she’s upset Biden “hasn’t done more” to pay for her student loans and is not sure she will even head to the polls come November.

“It feels more so like you’re caught between the devil you know and the devil you don’t. And at this point in time, it feels like both the devils that we know. And I’m not comfortable with either of them,” Braziel said.

Ka’Marr Coleman-Byrd, 27, is a tax consultant who voted for Biden in 2020 but said as of now he has not made up his mind about the 2024 election.

“Growing up, I feel like I voted Democrat just because it just seemed like the thing to do,” Coleman-Byrd told NPR. “I’d say now … I’m sort of more into politics and seeing exactly what both parties present, so it’s not just like a blind vote in a sense.”

Then there is 31-year-old CJ Sampson, who told NPR that while he considers himself to be liberal, Biden does not inspire confidence. He said when comparing whether life was better under Trump or Biden, “it’s kind of a mixture of both.”

Team Trump appears eager to capitalize on the shift among voters. Trump received 6 percent of the black vote in 2016 and 8 percent in 2020, according to a Pew Research analysis. Now the former president is encouraging Republicans in key states like Michigan to reach out to black voters in Detroit and other areas, in the hopes of drawing them away from Biden, according to The Associated Press.

“This is part of Donald Trump’s path to victory,” CEO of Democrat firm HIT Strategies Terrance Woodbury told The Washington Post. “There’s about 32 percent of the Black electorate that’s just cynical, frustrated, closest to the pain, and that voter doesn’t like Democrats or Republicans. They feel like they’ve been failed by both sides and they’ve been failed by a system. And that’s a part of Donald Trump’s ‘the system is broken’ message that appeals to them.”

For Trump, the goal isn’t about “winning” the black vote so much as it is chipping away at Biden’s base.

“Nobody thinks we are going to win the Black vote,” an anonymous Trump adviser told the Post. “But if you get 10 percent or more, the election is over.”

Democrat strategist Doug Schoen contends that “overall lack of enthusiasm” is the biggest issue for Biden.

“I tend to think that black voters will probably come back to Biden in bigger numbers than they are now but that there’s an enthusiasm gap and turnout will be an issue for Biden,” Schoen told The Federalist.

Biden does not have much leeway. In 2020, he won states like Georgia and Arizona by less than 15,000 votes. Voters who decide to choose Trump over Biden — or even the couch over Biden — present a roadblock to the incumbent.

A 2016 Repeat?

If enough voters choose to stay home, Biden could run into the same problem Hillary Clinton did in 2016 when she lost by thin margins after millions of voters either sat the race out or voted for her opponent.

The Washington Post reviewed data from 33 states and Washington D.C. and found at least 1.75 million people who went to the polls in 2016 did not vote for a presidential candidate.

A separate review from Pew Research found that out of the “tens of millions of registered voters” who did not vote at all in 2016, 25 percent said their “dislike” of the candidate drove their decision. When broken down by race, 19 percent of black voters who did not vote cited issues with the candidates.

Clinton’s team misjudged their chances in Wisconsin, for example, where the NYT noted “Clinton had assumed she would win.” Trump ended up winning the state, which saw its lowest voter turnout in 16 years, by just 27,000 votes. (Trump lost the state in 2020 by less than 21,000 votes.)

Wisconsin’s District 15, which was 84 percent black during the 2016 election, saw the state’s biggest turnout decline in 2016 compared to 2012, according to the NYT. Several voters told the Times they were upset about the candidate choices — a common sentiment heard this go-around as well.

Since 2016, of course, Democrats have come a long way in institutionalizing their ballot trafficking operations, which make voter enthusiasm less of a gold standard. Even if enthusiasm for Biden remains dismal, Democrats will do their best to counteract it by harvesting ballots for voters who aren’t motivated enough to get themselves to the polls.

Biden Courts Anti-Israel Radicals

As Biden faces polling drops among black voters, he is also struggling among anti-Israel radicals. In Michigan’s majority-Arab Dearborn, “uncommitted” beat Biden during the state’s presidential primary. Statewide, more than 100,000 voters chose “uncommitted” in the primary, according to the NYT.

Schoen told The Federalist that Biden appears more concerned about losing the progressive wing of his party rather than black voters.

“I think Biden’s worried about progressives,” he said. “He’s worried about the left undermining him, he’s worried about Arab-Americans in states like Michigan and that I think explains in large part his movement … to a policy now that is going to condition military aid for Israel.”

“I’m more confident that black voters will come home [in November] than progressives and I think that’s what Biden thinks as well,” Schoen added. But will taking black voters for granted only give them more reason to be disillusioned with Biden?

Democrats in general seem less enthusiastic about Biden than they were in 2020. A Gallup poll found 42 percent of Democrats say they are less enthusiastic about voting than normal compared to 35 percent of Republicans. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll released in January found 44 percent of Trump supporters scored their enthusiasm for Trump as a 10. Just 18 percent of Biden supporters said the same for the Democrat president.

It’s little wonder Democrats have tried to keep the election from being a referendum on the unpopular incumbent president. The campaign strategy appears to be fearmongering about “threats to democracy” and waging lawfare against Trump, instead of touting Biden’s uninspiring record.

Schoen said Biden needs to address Americans’ concerns about illegal immigration and inflation. Asked whether Biden’s messaging about alleged “threats to democracy” would increase voter turnout and appeal to dissatisfied voters, Schoen told The Federalist: “You can’t eat ‘threat to democracy.’”

Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.

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Disillusioned Black Voters Come Home To The GOP


BY: KENDALL QUALLS | NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Read more at https://thefederalist.com/2023/11/17/disillusioned-black-voters-come-home-to-the-gop/

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Democrats are finally facing their day of reckoning with black voters, and their waning support for President Joe Biden is only half the story. A recent New York Times/Sienna poll reveals that Biden barely leads among nonwhite voters under 45 in a 2024 election matchup against former President Donald Trump. The same nonwhite voters reported backing Biden by almost 40 points in the 2020 election. 

The hidden story is that Trump is capturing more than 22 percent support among black voters. The NYT article said a Republican winning over so many black voters “would be unprecedented in the post-Civil Rights Act era.” 

Why Are Blacks Finally Breaking Ranks?

Black Americans are beginning to understand that the years of promises of better days have resulted in decades of broken promises. A recent Wall Street Journal article tells the story of Michelle Smith, who lives in North Philadelphia. She works two jobs as a black single mother with three teenage boys. She describes her disappointment in Biden, whom she supported strongly in 2020. Despite efforts by the Democrats to spend more money on advertising, voter canvassing, and educating voters in black communities, Smith said the Democrats might not be able to convince her to vote. “I think I’m not going to vote, period,” she said.

Smith is not alone. There is a growing recognition that Democrats have duped black Americans. And as they increasingly realize it, Democrats will be left saying, “Katy, bar the door,” because their party will begin to implode. 

Ironically, the modern-day Democrat Party has essentially achieved the same objectives as the Civil War-era Democrat Party. It has unfortunately taken 60 years for black Americans to realize what has happened to them and their culture. It’s hard to keep blaming Republicans when Democrats run major cities, school systems, and police departments. In many cases, black Democrats run these institutions. 

Black Decline After Civil Rights

The status of black Americans today in Democrat-controlled cities and states is essentially the worst it has been since before the Civil Rights era. For example, during slavery, Democrats restricted access to opportunities that allowed slaves to obtain an education. Today, in nearly every major city controlled by Democrats, literacy rates are abysmal. Local and national Democrat Party leaders have severely restricted access to private or charter schools.

Proponents of apartheid used segregation as a cruel psychological tool. Democrats, however, are bringing segregation back in style. In Democrat Party strongholds, such as American universities, the country is witnessing the practice of segregated dorms and graduation ceremonies. 

One of the most devastating changes that the Democrat Party facilitated involves the destruction of the nuclear family in black communities. During the era of slavery, masters would break up families after wives bore children. After the Civil War and for 100 years afterward, most black children grew up in traditional two-parent families. 

It wasn’t until Democrats introduced and heavily marketed social welfare programs to black Americans in the 1960s that two-parent families began to erode drastically. Those programs ushered in a cultural transformation. Over 50 years, black families fell from having two parents in 80 percent of homes. Today, approximately 80 percent of black children grow up in fatherless homes.

Democrats Harm Black Americans

For the Democrats, family disruption and government dependency were the objectives from the beginning. If that wasn’t their intention, then why hasn’t there been one national initiative to reverse the trend?

In 1957, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, D-Texas, then the pro-segregationist Senate majority leader, knew blacks would eventually get the right to vote. When speaking to then-Sen. Richard Russell Jr., D-Ga., regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Johnson said, “These Negroes, they’re getting pretty uppity these days and that’s a problem for us since they’ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we’ve got to do something about this, we’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”

Democrat Party leaders and their left-wing friends in academia and the media convinced blacks (and the general public) that Republicans were the racists. They were, according to the effective narrative, indifferent to poor people. They wanted to keep blacks as second-class citizens. Ironically, Republicans voted to support the Civil Rights Act in greater numbers than Democrats.

Their goal was to have black Americans switch their votes from Republicans to Democrats.

Black Americans Coming Home to the GOP

As we look forward to the 2024 election season, the NYT/Sienna poll is not the only one raising the alarm. A recent Fox News poll revealed that 26 percent of black Americans support Trump for president in 2024 over Biden. In the past 12 months, black elected officials switched from the Democrat Party to the Republican Party in southern states such as Georgia and Texas. For the first time in 140 years, Alabama voters elected a black man to the state House of Representatives as a Republican. 

In statewide elections, voters in Virginia and North Carolina elected black Americans to the No. 2 leadership position as lieutenant governors. Although Daniel Cameron did not win his bid for Kentucky governor, we should expect to see more black Republicans running for statewide and federal offices. 

Even the legacy media won’t be able to spin and hide this major political shift.

Kendall Qualls is an Executive Faculty-in-Residence at the Crown College School of Business and Founder/President of the non-profit foundation TakeCharge. Qualls was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in the 2022 election cycle.

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Black voters in Milwaukee list complaints on Biden, Democratic Party ahead of 2024: ‘We’re damned anyways’


By Jeffrey Clark Fox News | Published November 3, 2023 10:46am EDT

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Black voters and activists in Milwaukee are feeling uninspired to vote for President Biden with one year to go before the election, according to a CNN report. Black voters in Milwaukee are feeling uninspired and potentially not motivated to vote for President Biden in advance of 2024, according to a CNN report Friday. 

Joanna Brooks, who owns a yoga studio in Glendale, said that the Democratic Party has taken Black voters for granted.

“Black people in general, I think, tend to be pretty loyal to the Democratic Party,” Brooks said. “Sometimes I wonder, just based on how that party has performed thus far for people so far, if they should continue to be.” 

DEMOCRATS ‘FAILING EPICALLY’ TO REACH BLACK MALE VOTERS HEADING INTO 2024, ACTIVIST WARNS

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Black voters in Milwaukee are feeling uninspired and potentially not motivated to vote for President Biden in advance of 2024, according to a CNN report.  (CNN screenshot | Getty Images)

“I hear people saying [that] they’re not gonna vote,” Milwaukee voter Eric Jones said of the 2024 presidential election. “That’s my fear. They see [Biden and former President Donald Trump], and they’re gonna say, ‘Screw it. We’re damned anyways.'” 

“When the factories and the manufacturing left, jobs left,” he told CNN. “When jobs leave and opportunities leave, then you have certain things that are domino effects.” 

Jones said that the recipe for popularity as a political candidate was simple: “You bring opportunities, you bring jobs, you get votes. Plain and simple.” 

When asked who he would choose between Trump and Biden, Devonta Johnson, a canvasser with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC), admitted that would be a difficult choice to make. 

“That’s a tough one,” he said, smiling. 

LONG-SHOT BIDEN CHALLENGER DEAN PHILLIPS SCOLDS DEM LEADERS CALLING HIS CAMPAIGN DISRESPECTFUL TO BLACK VOTERS

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When asked who he would choose between former President Donald Trump and President Biden, Devonta Johnson, a canvasser with Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, admitted that would be a difficult choice to make.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Other community and statewide organizers said that the stakes were high for winning the Black vote in Wisconsin. 

“There’s no way to win a statewide election that doesn’t run through the Black community,” BLOC executive director Angela Lang said. “What happens in Milwaukee can impact the rest of the state, which ultimately can impact the rest of the country.” 

Some Democrats are worried about Black male voter turnout as they campaign for 2024 and argue the party is “failing” to reach Black males and younger Black voters, The Washington Post reported.

Internal party analysis reportedly showed that Black male turnout and younger Black voter turnout were much lower in certain states in the 2022 midterms. 

“The Democratic Party has been failing epically at reaching this demographic of Black men — and that’s sad to say,” W. Mondale Robinson, founder of the Black Male Voter Project, told the Post. “Black men are your second-most stable base overwhelmingly, and yet you can’t reach them in a way that makes your work easier.”

Robinson told the outlet that Black men are “sporadic or non-voters” in multiple battleground states. 

Black voters in Milwaukee told CNN they weren’t sure about supporting President Biden in 2024. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

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Dear Democrats: Stop Treating Black Men Like We’re Stupid Or Lose More Votes


Commentary by Delano Squires  DECEMBER 22, 2020

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Dear Democrats: Stop Treating Black Men Like We’re Stupid Or Lose More Votes

Democrats spent the weeks before the 2020 election ridiculing black men considering voting for President Trump as sellouts who could derail Joe Biden’s presidential bid. Biden himself said as much with his “you ain’t black” comment.

Some Biden supporters went even further. One professor claimed black men just wanted proximity to the patriarchy and power structures white men have maintained for generations. Once the media announced Biden crossed the 270 electoral vote threshold, the left’s approach changed from proactive intimidation to a retrospective explanation for the fact that exit polls indicated 19 percent of black men voted for Donald Trump.

One Democratic candidate for Congress said one in five black men voted for Trump because “they hate Black women.” The same outlets that declared white Trump voters in 2016 were misinformed, ignorant racists claimed black Trump voters—including the 9 percent of black women who voted for him—were self-loathing victims of “disinformation” campaigns.

Former President Barack Obama joined the chorus in a recent interview with The Atlantic. His entire analysis of the increase in black male support for Trump was that black men were attracted to “the bling, the women, and the money” that characterize both Trump’s public persona and hip hop culture. Hearing such a simplistic and dismissive explanation from someone as politically savvy as Obama was disappointing but terribly predictable. Therein lies the problem.

Today’s Democratic Party relies more on marshaling votes based on identity rather than ideas. That clearly didn’t work for many black men.

Stop Treating Black Voters Like We’re Stupid

Some black men may have been influenced by rappers who publicly endorsed Trump, but it is deeply insulting to assume black men in general are less attuned to their own political interests than any other group is.

One of those interests is public safety. Democrats can’t make the case for why the black father whose one-year-old son was fatally shot in the chest should be in favor of defunding the police. This tragedy is no anomaly. More than 400 children have been killed in street violence all across the country in 2020, and large cities have seen significant increases in shootings and homicides compared to last year.

Democrats have convinced black residents in the cities with the highest rate of violent crime—almost all run by Democrats—that they should be more afraid of the Boogaloo Boys than the Bloods and the Crips. It’s not hard to imagine some black voters being skeptical of such an obvious reality inversion.

Black fathers also care about their children getting a quality education. President Obama hasn’t made the case for why low-income black students shouldn’t have the same types of education options as his children. In 2008, he stated he was enrolling his daughters in private school because DC Public Schools weren’t going to meet their educational needs.

Yet one of the first things he did upon entering the presidency was attempt to defund the program poor DC families use to give their children access to private schools. With an average voucher of $9,531, the grant is less than one half of what DC’s traditional public schools spend per student and one-quarter of the tuition of Sidwell Friends, the school the Obama girls attended.

President Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos increased funding for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program and publicly support charter school expansion. In contrast, Biden has pledged to eliminate the voucher program once in office and his supporters in the National Education Association oppose charter schools that are extremely popular with black parents.

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza can’t go into a black barbershop in Atlanta and satisfactorily explain why the men there should support her organization that is committed to “disrupting” the nuclear family. Asking that question, as well as why BLM removed the language from their website, would seem like a natural response to an organization that claims to care about the lives of black people.

Garza also can’t explain why a dad who coaches his daughter’s track team should get behind the Equality Act—a bill Biden has pledged to sign—which would allow a biological male who identifies as a girl to compete against his daughter at a high school track event where awards and college scholarships are on the line. When Flo-Jo, the fastest woman in history, posts a world record in the 100-meter dash that wouldn’t even land her among the top 6,000 men’s times, I think any father has a right to question the impact this law would have on fairness in girls’ sports.

Earn Our Votes, Don’t Just Assume Them

The pitch to black voters from Biden’s surrogates was straightforward: “You may not be excited about him, but we need to get Trump out first and get to policy specifics later.” For a certain segment of black voters, that wasn’t enough.

Some black voters have always been conservative but others considered Trump’s record on the pre-COVID economy and other important issues more important than his tweets, brash persona, and frequent accusations of racism. That is why conservatives should treat black voters like people—rational individuals with deeply held values and specific interests—not indistinguishable components of an amorphous melanated blob.

That doesn’t mean Republicans should run from issues involving race. Leftists incorrectly attribute disparities in social and economic outcomes to systemic racism, but there should be substantive conservative responses to allegations of racial arrest quotas in New York City and unconstitutional stops and searches in poor black neighborhoods in Baltimore. Failure to do so will embolden Democratic politicians to continue their attempts to whip voters in the booth the same way they whip votes in Congress.

A smart, self-interested Democratic Party would ask itself whether Trump’s increase in non-white support may indicate a larger trend underway. Unfortunately, the party’s intellectual wing and its allies in corporate media are among the most incurious and condescending people in this country.

If self-hatred and selfishness are the best explanations party operatives can come up with, they’ll get even less of the black male vote the next election cycle. Instead, they should take time to explain to black voters why Democrats think government bureaucrats and special interest groups should have more influence on where children go to school than their parents do.

They should also have to explain why celebrities and multi-millionaire donors living in gated communities support paying bail for violent criminals who go back to terrorize working-class neighborhoods. And the ultimate question is why the party that claims to oppose all systemic racism and value black lives vigorously promotes abortion policies that disproportionately reduce the black population—a goal shared by today’s white nationalists as well as Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizards of the past.

All of these questions deserve honest, thoughtful responses, not empty platitudes and predictable euphemisms. The lack of answers to this point shows that black men don’t need to defend their choices. Democrats need to defend their ideas.

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Delano Squires is the creator of the blog Truth, No Chaser, and has also written about race, religion, relationships, and culture for Black and Married with Kids, The Root, and The Grio. He holds a B.S. in computer engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MPP from The George Washington University. Follow him on Twitter at @Mr_Squires.

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Democrats Turn On Minority Voters For Discovering Trump Isn’t The Real Racist


Reported by Helen Raleigh NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Read more at https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/10/democrats-turn-on-minority-voters-for-discovering-trump-isnt-the-real-racist/

One of the biggest stories in this election is how President Trump, whom leftists and their media allies have constantly called a “racist,” made great inroads with minorities. The left is clearly shocked. Rather than humbly spending some time on self-reflection, however, they are doubling down on identity politics by blaming minority Trump voters.

Since Election Day, leftists have been attacking minority Trump voters from two angles. First, they claim minorities who voted for Trump are “white” voters who shouldn’t be classified as minorities. This nonsense is nothing new. Prior to the election, Joe Biden famously said black voters who vote for Trump “ain’t black.”

Immediately after the election, this nonsense came up again courtesy of none other than Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of the now-debunked 1619 Project. When it became clear that Trump would win Florida thanks to enthusiastic support from Latino voters, Hannah-Jones tweeted: “One day after this election is over I am going to write a piece about how Latino is a contrived ethnic category that artificially lumps white Cubans with Black Puerto Ricans and indigenous Guatemalans and helps explains [sic] why Latinos support Trump at the second highest rate.”

National Public Radio’s Gene Demby quickly endorsed Hannah-Jones’ assertions. In an NPR post-election segment, titled “Who is the White Vote?” Demby said:

It’s important that, you know, we think about the ways that there are many, many white Latinos. And because whiteness so thoroughly informs voting behavior, we should probably be asking better questions about Latino voters, like whether they identify as white or not. That might be more illuminating than simply whether someone refers to themselves as Latino in some ways.

No, Democrats Don’t Own Brown People

Here is the thought process behind these kinds of comments Only white people vote for Republicans. Since skin color trumps ethnicity, of course, light-skinned minorities would vote for a Republican candidate because of their “whiteness.” They shouldn’t be counted as minority voters at all.

This thought process is deeply flawed. Dividing the Latino community by skin color is possibly the most racist thing to do. Latino voters are unique, both as individuals and based on their diverse Latin American countries of origin, but it’s wrong to use colorism to explain Latino voters’ behaviors. Regardless of skin color, many Latino immigrants have suffered or watched their families suffer under socialist policies in their home countries. Many came to America to escape socialism, so naturally, they will not vote for Democrats, whose party enthusiastically embraces it.

Further, claiming skin color drives a voter’s behavior is an insult to minority voters’ intelligence. During Trump’s first term and prior to the pandemic lockdowns, both black and Hispanic unemployment rates were at historic lows. The black and Hispanic household median annual income increase (adjusted for inflation) more than doubled during Trump’s term compared to the Obama years. Minority voters, like any other voters, will naturally support the candidate whose policies have benefited them.

By the same token, minority voters will reject candidates whose policies might bring them harm. Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, explained to a puzzled NPR journalist why Biden lost Latino support in Texas. “For example, a lot of the Border Patrol law enforcement are heavily Latino in the Rio Grande Valley,” Garcia said. “So when you are talking about defunding the police, and you don’t stand up to those types of rhetoric, then it leaves an opening for Republicans to come in and take advantage of that.”

When will leftist pundits such as Hannah-Jones and Demby ever realize it is the radical policies and ideas they support that have driven away minority voters?

The Left Believes Minorities Have No Agency

Apparently, blaming minority Trump voters’ “whiteness” doesn’t go far enough for some on the left. Charles M. Blow, a New York Times columnist, complained that some minority Trump voters have Stockholm syndrome, a psychological response that occurs when abuse victims bond with their abusers.

In his most recent article, Blow listed statistic after statistic showing that “a larger percentage of every racial minority voted for Trump this year than in 2016,” including Trump doubling black women’s support from 4 percent in 2016 to 8 percent in 2020, and increasing black men’s vote from 13 percent in 2016 to 18 percent in 2020. “It is so unsettling to consider that many of our fellow countrymen and women are either racists or accommodate racists or acquiesce to racists,” Blow said, calling all Trump voters either racists or accomplices of racism.

There’s more. According to Blow, the number that really put him on his heels was “the percentage of L.G.B.T. people voting for Trump doubled from 2016, moving from 14 percent to 28 percent. In Georgia, the number was 33 percent.”

Although none of the statistics Blow presented even remotely support the title of his piece, “Exit Poll Points to the Power of White Patriarchy,” he found a way to blame white patriarchy and demean minority Trump voters in the end. According to Blow, Trump’s widening support across racial and gender groups “points to the power of the white patriarchy and the coattail it has of those who depend on it or aspire to it. … Some people who have historically been oppressed will stand with the oppressors, and will aspire to power by proximity.”

In the eyes of leftists such as Blow, nonwhite voters and non-straight voters who supported Trump are nobody but coattail riders who have neither personal agency nor the ability to make it on our own in the world. I had never read anything more racist, more divisive, and more insulting than this, and I am not the only one. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a human rights activist and a fellow at the Hoover Institute, tweeted: “This is the dumbest, most divisive drivel I’ve read in a long time. We should be talking about what unites us now. Not doubling down on ID-Politics. Shame on you!”

Minorites Had Good Reason to Vote for Trump

It is obvious that leftist pundits are dumbfounded by Trump’s widening support among minority voters in 2020. Since the 2016 election, rather than trying to understand half of the country who voted for Trump the first time, these talking heads turned toward nurturing their hatred of Trump and getting him out of office as their full-time jobs.

They thought that after repeating “Orange Man Bad” day after day for four years, the electorate would just follow their lead. They have no clue why someone they despised so much could have attracted even more minority votes this time around. Since they are unable to come up with any reasonable explanation, let me shed some light on the matter.

Minorities like me voted for Trump because we like his policies: lower taxes, fewer government regulations, and strong national security. American people, especially minorities, have seen real economic benefits during Trump’s first term. He stands up to socialism and promises, “America will never be a socialist country,” and his unconventional foreign policy approach has brought a historical breakthrough of peace in the Middle East.

We want a safe environment to raise our families. We don’t want to see our cities burned, our shops looted, and our statues toppled. We want good-paying jobs so we can enjoy the lifestyle we desire through our own hard work. We want all families, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to be able to choose the best school that matches their children’s educational needs. We want to continue to express ourselves without being censored or canceled.

We certainly don’t believe race and sex are the roots of nor the answer to every social ill. We are tired of identity politics, critical race theory, and cancel culture, all of which have sucked the fun out of life and shut down the exchange of ideas. We know our country has room for improvement, but it is not a racist nation. We take pride in being Americans and in all the progresses our nation has made, and we are tired of the left condemning our country’s founding and the American ideal.

As long as leftists continue to weaponize identity politics and dress us down as if we are mindless cattle, their candidates will continue to lose our support.

Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She’s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News. Helen’s new book, “Backlash: How Communist China’s Aggression Has Backfired,” is available for pre-order with a release date of October 20, 2020. Follow her on Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.
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Hours After The Final Presidential Debate, Donald Trump’s Approval With Black Voters Hits The Stratosphere At 46%


Reported By Adam Casalino | October 23, 2020

Hours After The Final Presidential Debate, Donald Trump’s Approval With Black Voters Hits The Stratosphere At 46%

They say if a Republican got 25% support from black voters, Democrats would never win another election. Well, right now, Democrats must be sweating bullets. They seemed to think they owned black voters’ choices for years. Biden was so confident about it, he slammed black Trump supporters saying “you ain’t black.” Well, that didn’t go over well. Nor did the many other things Biden’s said and done.

And now, a new poll came out this morning that reveals just how black voters feel about Trump:

 

National Daily Black Likely Voter Job Approval For @POTUS – October 19-23, 2020

Mon 10/19 – 25%

Tue 10/20 – 24%

Wed 10/21 – 31%

Thu 10/22 – 37%

Fri 10/23 – 46%

You read that right. Black voter support steadily climbed for Trump during the week, peaking on Friday at 46%. According to our records, that’s the highest black approval number Trump’s ever gotten. And by far the highest we’ve ever seen for a Republican president since perhaps Lincoln. Some estimate this will result in at least 20% black support for Trump on November 3.

How can these numbers jump so quickly in just a week? It has more to do than just Biden’s horrible comments and criticisms of black Americans. Trump has been making a strong case that he had done much more for black folks than Biden’s ever had.

Trump has brought prison reform, where Joe brought more incarcerations. Trump is bringing investment and jobs to the inner cities that Biden ignored. Trump is bringing school choice for black families, as Biden prioritizes the corrupt teachers’ unions. And Trump is making sure all Americans see higher wages and greater opportunity.

Do you think the black vote will propel Trump to a big November win?

Key Takeaways:

  • President Trump’s black voter approval jumped to 46%.
  • Joe Biden continues to lose support from black Americans, thanks to his record and comments.
  • Trump has prioritized helping the black community, through numerous reforms.
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Adam Casalino is a freelance writer, cartoonist, and graphic designer. He is a regular contributor for the Patriot Journal. Find his other work: http://www.talesofmaora.com

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As Dems push mail-in voting, Black and Latino voters wary

by ZACH MONTELLARO, Politico
August 25, 2020

Democrats’ push to promote mail-in voting this fall could be undermined by an important fact: Some of their key constituencies don’t trust it.

Black and Latino voters consistently voice more discomfort and uncertainty about voting by mail, even as a majority of Democrats overall say they plan to cast absentee ballots this fall, according to polling and focus groups. Generating overwhelming margins and turnout among both groups is a key to victory for Joe Biden in November, and Democrats don’t want to lose any votes by suggesting that mail voting is the only proper way to cast a ballot in the general election.

In a series of recent focus groups conducted in Philadelphia and Las Vegas by iVote — a Democratic group focused on voting rights and secretaries of state — and shared with POLITICO, Black and Latino voters said the experience of voting in person “has been ingrained and they feel secure their vote will be counted,” according to the report summary.

The findings are bolstered by a pair of recent polls from the Voter Participation Center, in partnership with Latino Decisions and the African American Research Collaborative, which showed that nearly two-thirds of Latino and Black voters prefer to vote in person because “they believe their vote is more likely to be counted than if they vote by mail.”

Read the full article: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/25/black-latino-voters-mail-voting-401244

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This Is Big! Trump Holds a 36% Approval Rating with Black Voters in the Latest Rasmussen Monthly Approval Summary


Reported By Jim Hoft | Published August 9, 2020 at 11:23am

This should put Democrats in a panic. While Joe Biden continues to drop racist insults against prominent blacks President Trump continues to make inroads with black voters.

President Trump holds a monthly approval rating of 36% with black voters. This was Trump’s monthly average with the black community.

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Jim Hoft is the founder of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.

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