Democrats Try To Reverse Steep Decline In Black Support For Harris As Male Voters Drift To Trump

A worrying trend for Democrats is that Kamala Harris hasn't been able to match the level of support among blacks that other Democratic presidential candidates have received. CBS News reports that in 2020, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump among black voters 90% to 9%, and this year polls have Ms. Harris at a 78% to 15% advantage. In the seven most competitive states about 1 in 4 black men say they “definitely” or “probably” will vote for Trump, according to The Wall Street Journal. Democrats are panicking because they know that even a small dip in black support could cost them heavily in consequential states such as Georgia, where blacks are more than 30% of the population, and North Carolina, where they are around 20%. Even in swing states with smaller black populations—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin—Democrats still need big margins.