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15. Obama also had rock solid support among Black voters.

Mon Apr 15, 2024, 12:36 AM

Apr 2024

He won 93% of Black voters in 2012. That dropped to 89% in 2016 with Hillary and 87% in 2020 with Biden.

The truth is that Obama had a strong base that he leaned on and it helped him in all the swing states.

That's one area Biden has struggled. He doesn't have a huge base of support to lean on. A lot of his support is almost universally tied to him just not being Trump. It was enough in 2020. We hope it's enough in 2024. But the 2020 exit polls were clear: 68% of Biden voters, when asked if their vote was for Biden or a vote against Trump, said their vote was against Trump. Conversely, only 30% of Trump voters said their vote was against Biden.

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Obama / Romney in virtual polling tie [View all] edhopper Apr 2024 OP

I remember that well. House of Roberts Apr 2024 #1

Maybe some advantageous stuff coming our way too MissMillie Apr 2024 #5

Recommended. H2O Man Apr 2024 #2

There's some significant differences... All Mixed Up Apr 2024 #3

All true edhopper Apr 2024 #6

Sure. But we don't elect presidents by popular vote. All Mixed Up Apr 2024 #8

If Biden were facing almost any other Republican, it would be bad news Polybius Apr 2024 #12

Exactly Sugarcoated Apr 2024 #13

Unfortunately, I agree. All Mixed Up Apr 2024 #14

there wasn't this degree of brainwashing back then. mucifer Apr 2024 #4

Are you kidding edhopper Apr 2024 #7

russia wasn't as involved. It's really bad now. mucifer Apr 2024 #9

This is true edhopper Apr 2024 #10

Obama was a generational speaker Polybius Apr 2024 #11

Obama also had rock solid support among Black voters. All Mixed Up Apr 2024 #15