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among young black voters (under 50 yrs old). Sigh. This year just keeps getting scarier. I get not wanting to be taken for granted. I get not liking Biden. But, if we only have a choice of two people in this year’s presidential election, I do not get Black voters supporting blatantly racist Trump who has the support of many white supremesists. I don’t get voting for him, even as a protest vote. I don’t get voting for Trump to choose a couple more Supreme Court justices. The Supreme Court would look different today if Hillary Clinton became POTUS in 2016 instead of Trump. I do not get admiring Trump and his gangster ways.

“There was shock on CNN at how former President Donald Trump is faring in polling among Black voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

On Monday, the network’s senior political data reporter Harry Enten said he was “speechless” at presumptive GOP presidential nominee Trump’s surge from around 7% support at this point in 2020 to 21% now — compared to President Joe Biden’s plummet from 86% to 70% in the same period….

…Trump appears to have made particular inroads with younger Black voters, he suggested. “Look at Black voters under the age of 50. Support for Biden has “careened down” from 80 points to 37 points, Enten detailed. “That lead has dropped by more than half. I’ve just never seen anything like this…Enten said it could point to “a historic moment right now where Black voters under the age of 50, which have historically been such a big part of the Democratic coalition, are leaving in droves.” [full article at link above]