Recent polls suggest that Donald Trump could be the candidate with the worst showing among black voters in modern history.
Recent polls from McClatchy-Marist, NBC News, Wall Street Journal and Fox News show that Trump only had 1% and 2% of black votes, and 0% in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two critical swing states.
These showings suggest the worst performance of a GOP presidential nominee since polls track voters from demographic groups.
The last candidate having the lowest records with black votes was Sen. John McCain of Arizona. He had 4% of the black vote in 2008, the same year the then Sen. Barack Obama was elected to the highest office of the country. That year marked the first time an African-American was elected president.
Trump’s incapacity, even willingness, to exclude black voters from his followers will shape his chances of success. In the major swing states with high percentage of African America voters, Trump will likely lose.
Clinton is ahead by a small margin in Virginia and deadlocked with Trump in North Carolina, where 20% and 22% of the population is African American.
Clinton is ahead by 4 points In Georgia, a county that did not elect a Democrat nominee since 1992.
If Clinton wins in both Virginia and North Carolina, Trump’s chance of ascending to the presidency will be very limited.
“The African-Americans want jobs,” Trump said in May. “You look at what’s going on; they want jobs. And we’re going to bring back our jobs and save our jobs, and people are going to have great jobs again.”
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