Posted on 08/19/2016 4:07:24 PM PDT by drewh
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump predicted during a rally Friday night that he will win 95 percent of the African-American vote after his first term in the Oval Office.
In a speech in which he made a plea for votes from the African-American community, Trump told supporters in Dimondale, Mich., that he will become the overwhelming choice of black voters in 2020.
"Look how much African-American communities have suffered under Democratic rule. To those I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose?" Trump openly asked.
"I say it again: What do you have to lose? What do you have to lose? You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs. Fifty-eight percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?
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Enter your email Signup "At the end of the four years, I guarantee you that I will get over 95 percent of the African-American vote," Trump promised the crowd.
"Because I will produce for the inner cities and I will produce for the African-Americans. And the Democrats will not produce and all they've done is taken advantage of your vote. And once the election is over, they go back to their palaces in Washington and, you know what, they do nothing for you. Remember it. So you have nothing to lose."
Notably, the prediction was not included in his prepared remarks, which were sent out to reporters midway through his speech.
According to current polling, Trump is receiving about 1 percent of the African-American vote to Hillary Clinton's 85 percent. Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson is ahead of Trump too, winning 7 percent.
Republicans have long struggled to win support from African-Americans. In 2008 and 2012, President Obama was the overwhelming winner of the African-American community, with 95 and 93 percent supporting him in 2008 and 2012, respectively.
It's the third time this week Trump has made speeches with overt appeals to African-Americans, following remarks in Milwaukee on Tuesday and Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday.
This is an excellent strategy. The media lives to portray back people as ghetto, however the fact of the matter is most black folks are conservative and religious. I know a lot of hard working black folks. Some are very successfull business owners who volunteer thier time towards the betterment of the community.
These are the votes Trump is after.
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I remember hearing an author on a radio show a couple of years ago saying that Republicans don’t even spend a day campaigning in areas with heavy black populations, because they can’t waste any time, and they think they won’t get any of their votes.
What I don’t understand about the black vote is Reagan only got 9% of it in 1984, and he won 49/50 states, and Bob Dole got 12% of it, and he only won 19 states.
He says 95 % so the media will excoriate him over the unachievable number...
All the while they report on what he said...
If he said 50 % of the african american vote, the media would yawn and never report it...
So it might be safe to say, he will pull a good 25 to 30% of the black vote if my thinking is correct.
Most Republican candidates, since American blacks entered the Dem plantation early in the 20th century, know they can’t successfully woo black voters with a conservative message of self-reliance, law and order, and the work ethic. So they didn’t try. They know it’s not what the vast majority of black voters are looking for. With the exception of about 5%, they are looking for government handouts, having been conditioned to expecting them for generations (not that they ever get enough from the Dems to satisfy them). Rebublicans (like Trump) will never out-promise the Dems, and their conservative message won’t resonate; ergo, they will continue to be relegated to low single digits in the black vote. If Trump is elected he might get more than 5% of the black vote in a re-election bid, but nothing approaching 95%.
An embarrassingly preposterous prediction Trump had no need to make and which makes him sound like a blustering buffoon.
If Trump can merely secure a 15-20% share of the black vote, Clinton has absolutely no shot at winning.
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