President Donald J. Trump is surging with black voters following his New York conviction last week, with a staggering 15-point surge for the 45th President. The numbers from Rasmussen Reports show Biden dropping 14 points.
An April poll fielded by Rasmussen showed Biden receiving 61 percent of the black vote, while his Republican challenger, former President Donald J. Trump, garnered just 21 percent support. However, over just one month, black voter support for Biden has collapsed, falling to just 47 percent in the May poll. Conversely, former President Trump has seen a significant increase in support among the voter demographic, sitting at 36 percent in the latest survey.
The Biden campaign has scrambled outreach efforts to stymie the flight of black and other minority voters from the Democratic Party ahead of November’s presidential election. However, the campaign appears to have found little success, with its emphasis on Biden’s support for diversity, equity, and inclusion—among other policies—falling flat with voters.
Polling data has consistently shown black and other minority voter demographics are breaking with Biden and the Democrats over his handling of inflation, the economy, and the U.S. border crisis. The Biden campaign has, by and large, avoided these topics on the campaign trail.
The National Pulse has extensively reported on the shifting voter trends ahead of the 2024 election. Last week, Biden received significant pushback from several prominent black Democrat leaders, warning him his campaign is not doing enough to retain voters in their communities. At the start of 2024, polling data suggested Biden was facing a potential revolt among key Democrat voter blocs, driven primarily by anger over inflation and illegal immigration.
