Newsweek, October 2024
Former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may not be doing as well with Black voters as previously thought, according to two recent polls. A poll conducted by Howard University’s Initiative on Public Opinion found 83 percent of Black respondents are planning to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, while just 8 percent are backing Trump.
It surveyed 981 Black likely voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin between October 2 and 8. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. Trump’s support in the survey is four points down from a similar survey conducted by Howard University in September. That survey found 81 percent were supporting Harris, while 12 percent said they would vote for Trump.
