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Pototan

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37. Exit polls from 2020

Reply to iemanja (Reply #35)

Fri Oct 11, 2024, 10:34 PM

Oct 2024

had the Black vote 12% overall for Trump, with 19% of that being black men. that was just on CNN,

and then there's this:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democrats-toward-trump-record-numbers-polls-show-n1246447

There was an unusual relationship between education and how Black men voted this year. About 26 percent of Black men who had a high school diploma or less supported Trump. But 22 percent of Black men with bachelor’s degrees and 20 percent of Black men with advanced degrees also supported him. Black men with some college education broke for Biden at levels comparable to those of Black women.

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Can I vent and explain my confusion? [View all] Pototan Oct 2024 OP

Roland Martin discusses it quite often on his podcast. One of the reasons, according to Roland, is that black men have a Ferrets are Cool Oct 2024 #1

Yup, it's the misogyny. Quiet Em Oct 2024 #3

There's still way, way more white men who will vote for Trump than black men. Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #7

Please reread the OP Pototan Oct 2024 #8

You framed the OP to blame black men iemanja Oct 2024 #9

Sorry, you are incorrect Pototan Oct 2024 #11

Why are you even focused on the very small percentage of black men who will vote for Trump? iemanja Oct 2024 #24

20% is not small Pototan Oct 2024 #33

Where does that 20% figure come from? iemanja Oct 2024 #35

Exit polls from 2020 Pototan Oct 2024 #37

Hopefully it will be better this election. nt iemanja Oct 2024 #38

I understand why a racist supports Trump Pototan Oct 2024 #34

No, He Didn't DET Oct 2024 #14

Why focus on the motivations of such a small number of voters? iemanja Oct 2024 #25

My question is... Pototan Oct 2024 #12

There are also more white men that will vote for Harris than black men. MichMan Oct 2024 #27

Per capita, white men will go for Trump by over ten points. Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #29

Are you saying Harris will get more total votes from black men than white men? MichMan Oct 2024 #30

maybe some see him as a macho male attitude nt msongs Oct 2024 #2

They can be racist too. NT Patton French Oct 2024 #4

But a Trump Presidency Pototan Oct 2024 #5

because sexism trumps racism Skittles Oct 2024 #6

Except Clinton won more of the AA vote than Biden did iemanja Oct 2024 #39

All they need to understand is what drives a big part of the Trumpkins Pompoy Oct 2024 #10

Perhaps they are not well informed Keepthesoulalive Oct 2024 #13

Same reason whiite working class men vote Republican JI7 Oct 2024 #15

White working class men Pototan Oct 2024 #19

Yes, they can be racist or anti gay or misogynist or any other type of bigot JI7 Oct 2024 #20

You know what? that makes sense Pototan Oct 2024 #21

All of them ? MichMan Oct 2024 #31

Not every Trump supporter is a racist, Pototan Oct 2024 #32

Pototan's question is absolutely spot on because B.See Oct 2024 #16

Thank you for understanding my point Pototan Oct 2024 #17

One would THINK. B.See Oct 2024 #18

Or any minority. One of the Eternal Questions. UTUSN Oct 2024 #22

I worked with a black woman on a project. There was a black man in charge of it. LeftInTX Oct 2024 #23

Some fail to see the are being used and manipulated. GreenWave Oct 2024 #26

some might think immigrants are taking their jobs n/t PedroXimenez Oct 2024 #28

remember, trump is a master of distraction ecstatic Oct 2024 #36