Former President Donald Trump dramatically improved his support among African-American supporters in Wisconsin, a crucial battleground that is part of Democrats’ “Blue Wall.”
Donald Trump was getting about 20 percent support among black voters, according to NBC. exit survey.
That’s more than double the 8 percent he got in 2020. He has been betting big on minority support, encouraged by pre-election polls.
At the same time, he won 38 percent among Hispanic/Latino voters, according to the outlets.
That group backs Joe Biden over Trump by a 23-point margin, 59 to 36.
He’s also seeing gains among Latino men in a group of 10 key states. They backed Democrat Kamala Harris 54-44, a healthy margin but perhaps not what she needs in the major battlegrounds where they make up a large part of the Democratic coalition.
Former President Donald Trump made a big play for Black and Hispanic voters and made gains in Wisconsin, according to early exit polls.
In 2020, they supported Joe Biden over Trump by a much larger margin of 23 points, 59 to 35.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly talked about illegal immigrants taking what he called “black jobs” and Hispanic jobs. He promised to impose tariffs on imports and said that would boost American manufacturing.
In Michigan, which has a higher minority share of the population, Trump was winning just 9 percent of the black vote, according to exit polls there.
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump speaks on stage alongside former boxer Thomas ‘Hit Man’ Hearns, during a rally at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, USA, on October 18, 2024. Trump saw pre-election margins that improved their 2020 numbers among black and Hispanic voters
Bishop John Drew Sheard, center left, leads a congregation in a prayer for Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, center right, during a church service at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, in Detroit. . Harris hoped to increase black turnout in the final days of the race.
Pew Research estimates that there are 34 million eligible Black voters in the U.S., a 7 percent increase from the 2020 election, and representing about 14 percent of eligible voters.
They are a crucial part of the Democratic coalition and helped propel Barack Obama to become the first black president.
Black voters in South Carolina also helped propel Joe Biden to his primary victory, in part with the support and organization of Rep. James C. Clyburn.
Harris would be the first black woman president.
Trump injected debate about his racial background into the campaign when he questioned his ethnicity during a controversial interview with a group of black journalists in Chicago.
Although Harris has enjoyed strong support among African-American voters, the question Tuesday was whether she could hold onto Biden’s margins.