What’s Black Men’s Beef With Democrats?
25% of Black men under 50 are willing to vote for Trump.
I have to start off by saying Black men overwhelmingly support the Democratic party. Black men vote for Democrats more than any other demographic, only behind Black women. In fact, 80% of Black men voted to elect President Joe Biden in 2020, while 90% of Black women did. Recently, former President Barack Obama has faced backlash for comments he made last week to Black men while campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburg. As reported by The Hill —
At a campaign stump for Harris on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Obama said that despite Harris raising upward of $1 billion, “we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running.”
That lag in energy, he added, appears “to be more pronounced with the brothers.”
“You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses; I’ve got a problem with that,” he said. “Because part of it makes me think — and I’m speaking to men directly — part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that.”
