Forida’s Republican Congressman Byron Donalds said Trump would do better with the black electorate than any Republican in a presidential election in generations, predicting he “could get as high as 25 percent. “
Speaking on Sage Steele’s podcast with Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt, taped in Atlanta ahead of last week’s presidential debate, the Naples representative said, “I probably have President Trump with 16 to 20% of the total black vote. Black men make up only about 25% who may pass higher.
Prior to his appearance in Atlanta, Donalds and Hunt had already taken their “Congress, Cognac and Cigars” excursion in Philadelphia in an effort to entice the black electorate to sign up for the GOP this fall, and said they might take him to Milwaukee. The Republican Campaign. National Convention later this month.
Donalds told Steele that, in combination with the work being done through the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, state parties and outside groups, “I think there will be a much more concerted effort to target the black electorate on the Republican side of what has happened in Republican politics since then, probably before Lyndon Johnson?To be completely frank about it, I think what you’ll see if these paintings are done right, they may come up to 25. %.
A Pew Research Center poll released in May showed that Biden’s merit among black voters was lower than it was 4 years ago. The vote indicates that Biden would get 77% of the registered black electorate and Trump 18%. Nearly a portion (49%) said they would update Biden and Trump with other applicants if given a chance to make a decision.
A Washington Post-Ipsos poll of 1,331 black adults over the age of 18 conducted in April showed that 42% of the electorate said they would definitely vote for Biden, 4% would definitely vote for Trump and 1% would definitely vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
by Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix July 2, 2024
Forida’s Republican Congressman Byron Donalds said Trump would do better with the black electorate than any Republican in a presidential election in generations, predicting he “could get as high as 25 percent. “
Speaking on Sage Steele’s podcast with Texas Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt, taped in Atlanta ahead of last week’s presidential debate, the Naples representative said, “I probably have President Trump with 16 to 20% of the total black vote. Black men make up only about 25% who may pass higher.
Prior to his appearance in Atlanta, Donalds and Hunt had already taken their “Congress, Cognac and Cigars” excursion in Philadelphia in an effort to entice the black electorate to sign up for the GOP this fall, and said they might take him to Milwaukee. The Republican Campaign. National Convention later this month.
Donalds told Steele that, in combination with the work being done through the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee, state parties and outside groups, “I think there will be a much more concerted effort to target the black electorate on the Republican side of what has happened in Republican politics since then, probably before Lyndon Johnson?To be completely frank about it, I think what you’ll see if these paintings are done right, they may come up to 25. %.
A Pew Research Center poll released in May showed that Biden’s merit among black voters was lower than it was 4 years ago. The vote indicates that Biden would get 77% of the registered black electorate and Trump 18%. Nearly a portion (49%) said they would update Biden and Trump with other applicants if given a chance to make a decision.
A Washington Post-Ipsos poll of 1,331 black adults over the age of 18 conducted in April showed that 42% of the electorate said they would definitely vote for Biden, 4% would definitely vote for Trump and 1% would definitely vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Mitch Perry has covered Florida politics and government for more than two decades. Most recently, he was a political reporter for Bay News 9. He also worked for Florida Politics, Creative Loafing, and WMNF Radio in Tampa. original staff when Florida Phoenix was created in 2018.
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