NY Times Admits Harris Losing Black Support

quote:

---

The New York Times acknowledged on Saturday that Harris has significant work to do in the next few weeks if she's going to achieve the same level of Black support as previous Democrat presidential candidates.

In 2016, Hillary Clinton pulled 92% of the Black vote. In 2020, President Joe Biden pulled a smaller but still commanding 90%. According to the most recent NY Times/Siena College poll from last week, Harris is only earning 78% support among Black voters. Over the last eight years, Black support for the Republican candidate has more than doubled since 2016 and currently stands at 15%.

The steady drift of Black voters away from the Democratic Party can be traced to decades of taking the demographic for granted. The outlet spoke to Black Trump supporters who said that many have grown weary of the Democrats consistent playing of the "race card" while their neighborhoods and incomes degrade under Democratic Party rule.

"They sweep table scraps off the table like we're a trained dog and say, 'This is for you,'" LaPage Drake, 63, of Cedar Hill, Texas, just outside Dallas, said of the Democratic Party. "And we clap like trained seals."

Drake, who owns a tree removal service, said he would back Trump. "Regardless of how people call him racist and stuff, he is for the country of America," Drake said.

---