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Posted on 12/23/2019 4:37:33 PM PST by jazusamo
Former NFL player Jack Brewer once raised campaign money for President Obama, but now he’s among the increasing number of black voters who support President Trump.
“There is an awakening going on right now in the country,” Mr. Brewer said of black voters who traditionally support Democrats. “I’m going to take the guy who’s actually putting in the policies that are going to make life better for my young black son and my young black daughter, versus somebody who gives me lip service — like, unfortunately, the Democrats have done for our community for years.”
Mr. Trump and his reelection team are aggressively courting black voters amid a strong economy that has reduced black unemployment to 5.5%, lowest in history. The Trump campaign launched its “Black Voices for Trump” coalition in Atlanta last month.
“The Democrats have let you down,” Mr. Trump told black supporters at the time. “They’ve dismissed you. They’ve hurt you. They’ve sabotaged you for far too long.”
The campaign also has paid for full-page, full-color advertisements promoting Mr. Trump in 11 local black newspapers across the nation, and radio spots on urban radio stations nationwide.
There’s some evidence that the president’s policies and campaign outreach are making inroads with black voters. Three polls in November showed Mr. Trump’s job-approval rating among black voters in the 30% to 35% range, a significant increase over other surveys that have generally shown black voter support of less than 10%.
“I’ll remind you, the president received 8% of the black vote in 2016,” said a senior Trump campaign official.
The president and his campaign advisers know that poll numbers and approval ratings don’t always translate into votes, but they think Mr. Trump has a good chance to significantly increase the level of support he receives from black voters in 2020.
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I think it was the late ‘60s, my dearly departed father told me, when Americans of Italian descent started to realize in large numbers that dems were just using them by playing identity politics.
That’s when they started to vote R more and more and now vote heavily in favor of Rs.
The older folks were gonna die voting for Ds but the middle aged and younger were done with dems, the majority of them.
If we can grab the middle aged and younger blacks now, we can get 25 percent or more to vote R.
Heck Christie got 20 percent or more and he wasn’t a genius.
Trump is a genius and can and will, I think, get a quarter of their vote.
They are finally tired of being patted on the head by patronizing liberals? Better late than never.
Blexit. Hopefully there’s a significant Jexodus movement to complement this important development.
While I don’t expect the GOP to ever get a significant number of Black voters I think the Democrat share of that voting bloc will begin to drop below 90%. Even the loss of 10% of the Black vote is dangerous to the RATS!
I agree...Democrats have been giving lip service to black voters for years and they’re getting wise to it, especially since Pres. Trump came along.
I think we’ll see a large gain in black voters for him this election.
From your post to God’s eyes.
You are on FR all the time. Have you not ever heard or read about the UNIPARTY?
34% blacks favor Trump and growing.
We’re going to need all we can get to overcome Democrat cheating which they will be going all out to do.
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The Dims are in panic mode. They are losing their reliable base. A small shift in black voters to Trump would likely mean the eventual end of the Dim party. Look for non-stop talk of racism, white supremacy, police brutality, maybe even a false flag or two. They have to drive up the hate to get the votes.
You mean it wasn’t because the mob was betrayed by the Kennedys? ;-)
They throw out a small bone every now and then (both sides) that make you think there’s some difference.
but after a while if you fall for that you’re a sucker.
I was a sucker for a LONG time.
well YEAH there was that too :)
Boy my father DID NOT LIKE the kennedys.
And not just because they were Irish :)
Amen to that, FRiend!
The DNC just expects them to come back to the barracks out the cotton field every sundown (election day). Their attitude, not mine.
back in the TEA party days Catherine Engelbrecht gave a talk here, and she emphasized outreach to the black community. now, a decade later DJT is implementing that strategy.
Oops. Looks like LBJ's prophecy is going to fall about 150 years short.
I wonder how many blacks are even familiar with his little prediction.
Trump got 8% of the black vote in 2016. It would be a roaring success if he got 11% or 12% in 2020. Let’s not kid ourselves here people.
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