A recent study found that fewer Black voters in seven important states want to support President Biden compared to the last time people voted.
The Wall Street Journal compared the results of its survey from last week to a similar survey done by AP VoteCast in 2020. The survey looked at a lot of people who were going to vote. The Journal’s study in these key states discovered that 57 percent of Black men were planning to vote for Biden, while 30 percent said they might vote for former President Trump.
In 2020, a different survey found that across the whole country, 87 percent of Black men supported Biden and 12 percent supported Trump.
The Wall Street Journal also found that 77 percent of Black women in these states were planning to vote for Biden, while 11 percent said they would vote for Trump. In comparison, in 2020, 93 percent of Black women across the country supported Biden and 6 percent supported Trump.
The survey by The Wall Street Journal talked to 218 to 354 registered voters from March 17 to 24. The mistakes in the survey could be around 5.2 to 6.6 percentage points.
Biden’s team has been trying harder to get support from voters of color lately. In 2020, most Black voters supported Biden, with 92 percent voting for him, according to Pew Research Center.
Recently, Biden’s team started showing ads directly to Black voters in states where the competition is close. The ads said that if Trump became president again, it would be very bad for Black people. This happened after other surveys showed that Biden was losing support from Black voters. For example, a poll by The New York Times and Siena College found that 22 percent of Black voters in six close states said they would vote for Trump.
