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Black Men and Biden: What’s Going On?
Black men are declaring allegiance to Trump and/or stating they won’t be voting for Biden.
I’m not writing this to blame Black men for the election results if Biden loses the election this year. Young voters, Black voters in general, Hispanic voters, and people of color are all groups saying they won’t be supporting Biden in November’s election for various reasons despite voting for him in 2020. These include young people of all races who don’t see him as progressive enough, Black people who don’t believe he has improved the lives of Black Americans, Hispanic voters who don’t like the way he handled the pandemic, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who don’t like the way he handled the Maui wildfires, and the MENA population who don’t like his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.
It’s widely believed that Black people are easily influenced — particularly by celebrities. While this isn’t necessarily true, there has been a concerted effort by the Republican Party lately to woo Black male voters, and in some ways, it’s been successful. Black men, in general, are more likely to lean conservative than Black women. The Republican Party is well aware they won’t be able to convince too many Black women to turn to the Republican Party, so they have set their sights on Black men.
