{"id":2328147,"date":"2024-08-21T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hopeful-black-voters-stop-flirtation-with-donald-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T06:49:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:49:26","slug":"democrats-hopeful-black-voters-stop-flirtation-with-donald-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-hopeful-black-voters-stop-flirtation-with-donald-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats hopeful black voters stop flirtation with Donald Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-hopeful-black-voters-stop-flirtation-with-donald-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328147&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses\u2063 the \u200brenewed hope \u2062among Democrats, particularly regarding Vice \u200bPresident Kamala Harris&#8217;s candidacy and its\u2064 potential \u200cinfluence on \u200cblack voters, especially\u200b black men,\u2062 as the November election approaches. Following the exit of President Joe Biden from the race, Harris&#8217;s historic role as the \u200bfirst black and South\u2063 Asian vice president \u2064offers a fresh appeal \u200bto disenchanted black voters,\u2062 whose support Biden\u200b has been losing due to dissatisfaction over\u2064 economic\u2062 issues and his public perception.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic\u200d leaders express optimism that Harris&#8217;s candidacy\u200d will rally black voters,\u200c supported by a surge of\u200d volunteer activity in states critical for her campaign, \u2062including Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Significant investments\u2064 from\u200d organizations \u2063like \u2062the Black Men Vote PAC\u200c aim to engage black male\u2062 voters, and polling indicates Harris currently leads Trump \u2064by substantial margins \u200damong black voters in these battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Trump campaign, while acknowledging challenges, claims\u200c to maintain support \u2064among black voters, attempting to sway\u2062 opinions with critiques of Harris\u2019s policies.\u200c While Harris&#8217;s candidacy \u200cenergizes black voters, there remains \u200da strong push from the \u2064Republican side to \u200dappeal to those leaning\u200d towards Trump, \u200cparticularly black men.<\/p>\n<p>the article highlights a shift\u200d in \u200bDemocratic fortunes with Harris&#8217;s candidacy, \u200bwhile also emphasizing the ongoing battle for support among black voters in the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats hopeful black voters will stop flirtation with Donald Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1734028\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash;<\/strong> With Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic<\/a> nominee, party members are once again confident that black voters, in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-panicking-lower-black-voter-turnout-will-eviscerate-their-path-to-victory-in-november\/\" title=\"Dems Panicking Lower Black Voter Turnout Will &quot;Eviscerate&quot; Their Path to Victory in November\">black male voters<\/a> disaffected with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, are more likely to support the ticket during the November election.<\/p>\n<p>Biden was bleeding some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-push-for-fed-control-of-all-elections-is-going-nowhere\/\" title=\"Dems\u2019 Push For Fed Control Of All Elections Is Going Nowhere\">black voter support<\/a> while he led the ticket as the public soured over the economy, inflation, and the president&rsquo;s increasingly frail public appearances. The rising dissatisfaction with Biden helped former President Donald Trump increase poll numbers with black voters. <\/p>\n<p>But after Harris, the nation&rsquo;s first black and South Asian vice president, replaced Biden, Democrats are cautiously hopeful that the excitement over her campaign will persuade black voters back into the party fold and block Trump from peeling off black men voters. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and as a black man myself, obviously, I never bought into this narrative that black men were not engaged,&rdquo; said Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV). &ldquo;We have a point of view: 87% of black men vote and vote consistently. Over 92% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bad-news-for-biden-women-lost-26k-jobs-in-september\/\" title=\"Bad News For Biden: Women Lost 26K Jobs In September\">black women vote<\/a> and vote consistently. So I just never bought into this narrative. Some voters, no matter what their ethnicity, choose to vote Republican. That&rsquo;s their prerogative, and Donald Trump has no ideas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Black women and black men both staged Zoom calls for Harris within hours or days of Biden ending his campaign on July 21, raising millions of dollars in support of the vice president. This week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/08\/18\/black-men-vote-pac-harris-elections-2024-00174492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Black Men Vote PAC<\/a> announced an investment of $4 million to reach black men in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the blue wall of battleground states Harris must win in order to secure the presidency. <\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha launched its first super PAC last week while the Divine Nine, a collective of black Greek organizations, are mobilizing a massive get-out-the-vote operation to increase black voter turnout. <\/p>\n<p>Florida delegate Nikki Barnes told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that after Biden&rsquo;s exit, the party saw a huge spike in volunteers. &ldquo;We saw volunteers in Florida sign up: 7,000 in four days, 10,000 by the weekend. I believe we&rsquo;re at 27,000 volunteers in Florida who have signed up,&rdquo; said Barnes. &ldquo;A lot of them are black men. A lot of them see their mothers, their sisters, their wives, their cousins and Kamala, and they understand that when you put a black woman in charge to get some stuff done, it&rsquo;s gonna get done. So yeah, the enthusiasm is there.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>That excitement has translated into a polling advantage. A recent Suffolk University\/USA Today poll showed Harris overwhelmingly leading Trump, 70%-9%, among black voters in Michigan and, 70%-11%, among black voters in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 70% of black voters in July supported Harris over Trump in a hypothetical ballot, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/harris-draws-more-support-among-black-voters-trump-up-slightly-among-white-2024-08-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a>. This was an increase from 59% who backed Biden in May and June surveys. But in a worrying sign for Democrats, Trump&rsquo;s polling with black voters in July reached 12% up from 9% in May and June.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), who served in the Senate with Harris, claimed that the vice president has already closed the gap with black men.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, I&rsquo;m looking at the numbers, it shifted dramatically as soon as she entered the race. So it&rsquo;s already happened,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Look, this is ultimately a campaign and an energy and an excitement and enthusiasm that&rsquo;s not coming from popularity. It&rsquo;s coming from this profound yearning I&rsquo;m seeing in America who want to turn a page.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) echoed Booker&rsquo;s comments in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> &ldquo;What she has been doing, particularly over the past five weeks, has turned a lot of those folks around,&rdquo; said Bishop. &ldquo;There were African American men who were, for some strange reason, leaning toward Trump, who are now saying: &lsquo;well, maybe I&rsquo;ll take another look&rsquo; because she has demonstrated the energy, the dynamism, that I guess they were not feeling with President Biden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign and surrogates remain adamant that they can still win enough black male voters to deny Harris the White House. &ldquo;I was doing very well with black voters, and I still am. I seem to be doing very well with black males. This is according to polls,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3115563\/takeaways-trump-mar-a-lago-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bragged at a press conference<\/a> earlier this month at his Mar-a-Lago resort. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a top surrogate for Trump attempting to persuade more black men to buck the Democratic Party, slammed Harris&rsquo;s campaign Tuesday during a GOP press conference in Chicago. &ldquo;Joy and vibes isn&rsquo;t going to put food on the table,&rdquo;&nbsp;Donalds told reporters as he spoke at the Trump Hotel Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You could be happy and you could be hungry all at the same time,&rdquo; he warned about Harris&rsquo;s economic proposals. <\/p>\n<p>Donalds, along with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX), another top black Republican, have hosted a &ldquo;Congress, Cognac, and Cigars&rdquo; series in major cities in battleground states targeting black men. <\/p>\n<p>For black women, the possibility of Harris breaking the glass ceiling has galvanized them with renewed energy after some caution that she would get passed over given her high unfavorability numbers and other ambitious Democrats such as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) who were itching to become Biden&rsquo;s heir-apparent. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I was fearful of when the conversation started was, were people going to try and push the vice president aside and not let her have the moment?&rdquo; said Selvena Brooks-Powers, a New York City Council member from Queens, New York. <\/p>\n<p>Harris, however, quickly coalesced the party around her presidential campaign, effectively blocking any other high-profile Democrat from challenging her campaign. Part of that consolidation came from the 44,000 black women who kicked off the first fundraising Zoom call for the vice president. &ldquo;I was on the call. The first 44,000 black women. It was an amazing feeling,&rdquo; said Brooks-Powers. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams was beaming with excitement at her first Democratic National Convention and what it means for women and women of color. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is probably&nbsp;the most exciting thing that I&rsquo;ve ever done in my entire life,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m so excited to be here as a New York delegate as the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-woke-interlopers-are-transforming-christian-higher-education\/\" title=\"How Woke Interlopers Are Transforming Christian Higher Education\">black speaker<\/a> of the New York City Council leading the first woman majority city council in the history of the city of New York.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Adams claimed that &ldquo;black America needed this spark,&rdquo; by replacing Biden who remains beloved in the party. &ldquo;But now, with Vice President Kamala Harris on board to be our candidate, I think the sky is the limit as far as the black vote is concerned, there&rsquo;s no stopping us now,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1734028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734028\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are optimistic that black voters will move away from their interest in Donald Trump now that Vice President Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee. Party members believe that particularly black male voters, who have been disillusioned with President Joe Biden, may be more inclined to back the ticket in the upcoming November election. Biden has seen a decline in support among black voters as public sentiment has soured over economic issues, inflation, and his increasingly frail public appearances. This dissatisfaction has allowed Trump to gain traction with some black voters.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Harris\u2014who is both the first black and South Asian vice president\u2014now leading the campaign, Democrats are cautiously hopeful that her candidacy will reignite enthusiasm among black voters and prevent Trump from attracting more support from black men. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, expressed confidence in voter engagement among African Americans: &#8220;I never bought into this narrative that black men were not engaged,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Following Biden&#8217;s exit from the race on July 21, both black women and men quickly organized Zoom calls to support Harris and raised millions for her campaign. The Black Men Vote PAC recently announced a $4 million investment aimed at reaching out to black men in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania\u2014states crucial for Harris&#8217;s presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019s sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha launched its first super PAC last week while various organizations within the Divine Nine are mobilizing efforts to boost voter turnout among African Americans. Florida delegate Nikki Barnes reported a surge of volunteers after Biden&#8217;s departure: &#8220;We saw volunteers in Florida sign up: 7,000 in four days&#8230; A lot of them are black men,&#8221; she noted.<\/p>\n<p>This renewed enthusiasm appears reflected in polling data; a recent Suffolk University\/USA Today poll indicated Harris leading Trump significantly among Michigan\u2019s and Pennsylvania\u2019s black voters by margins of 70%-9% and 70%-11%, respectively. A Reuters\/Ipsos poll also showed nearly 70% of July respondents favoring Harris over Trump\u2014a rise from earlier surveys where only 59% supported Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these positive signs for Democrats regarding support for Harris among African American males\u2014which Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) claims has already improved since she entered the race\u2014the Trump campaign remains confident about winning over enough votes to challenge her candidacy effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a prominent supporter of Trump&#8217;s efforts to attract more African American male votes criticized Harris&#8217;s approach during a GOP press conference by stating that &#8220;joy and vibes isn\u2019t going to put food on the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For many Black women energized by having another woman of color as a candidate for president after initial concerns about being overshadowed by other ambitious Democrats like California Governor Gavin Newsom have rallied around her campaign instead.<\/p>\n<p>New York City Council member Selvena Brooks-Powers shared her excitement about seeing such strong early fundraising efforts led by thousands of Black women supporting Kamala\u2019s candidacy: \u201cIt was an amazing feeling,\u201d she said regarding their initial fundraising call which drew participation from 44 thousand women.<\/p>\n<p>Council Speaker Adrienne Adams expressed pride at being part of this historic moment during what she described as an exhilarating experience at her first Democratic National Convention while emphasizing how vital it is for \u201cblack America\u201d right now given recent changes within party leadership dynamics under Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 guidance moving forward into November elections ahead!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32174,3685,32319,34059,32076],"class_list":["post-2328147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-black-voters","tag-democrats","tag-donald-trump","tag-election-2024","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kamala-harris-biden-dnc-platform-education-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}