Trump’s Swing-State Strategy Targets Black Voters Unhappy With Biden
- Campaign seeks big gains despite Trump’s divisive comments
- Black voters are key Democratic constituency, vital for Biden
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Donald Trump’s lead in 2024 election polls has him eyeing a long-shot gambit: attracting a larger share of Black voters than any Republican presidential candidate in modern history.
Despite a long history of racially divisive comments and repeated contacts with White nationalists, Trump now enjoys the some of the highest ratings among Black voters of any candidate from his party, according to some national and swing state polls. That’s because discontent with Joe Biden, especially on economic issues, has eroded the president’s support in a group that is likely to be key to his bid to win reelection in November.