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November 3, 2020

Why Are Some Young Black Men Supporting Trump?

According to the BBC, “Mr Trump won just 8% of the African American vote in the 2016 presidential election and critics accuse him of stoking racial tensions.” “Many Black Americans who are first-timers or relatively new to voting told us in focus group settings that they don’t see the point of choosing between the lesser of…

October 11, 2020

Trump and Biden are both courting the votes of Black men. Will it make a difference?

By Donna M. Owens Oct. 5, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. EDT America’s presidential campaigns have a new coveted voter: Black men. Pew found that Black men (77 percent) are less likely than Black women (87 percent) to identify as Democrats. And according to Gallup, Trump’s approval rating is 8 points higher (19 percent vs. 11 percent) among…