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Despite brief post-election bounce, Trump has struggled throughout term to get majority approval from Black voters

Donald Trump appears to have lost of goodwill he had among Black voters during the 2024 presidential campaign, according to a new poll.

Among African-Americans, 71.5 percent disapprove of Trump’s presidency so far, while just 24.1 percent approve, according to a Decision Desk HQ average of polls current through July 7.

The president hasn’t gotten majority approval from Black voters since the end of his first week back in office, according to the aggregator, but the latest numbers represent a notable increase in discontent, after Trump had a 63.7 percent average disapproval rating among the voting demographic in mid-June.

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[-] [email protected] 99 points 2 days ago

Black people... Like what the fuck? Trump is like a caricature of a plantation owner. How does he even have 30% approval among block people

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

He's also the caricature of the dumb micromanaging boss that rips off his workers, but that's not a deal-breaker for white folks either; in fact, the majority apparently approve.

Americans are just stupid, and it's easy to whip us into a moral panic.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Americans are just stupid, and it’s easy to whip us into a moral panic.

I'm having a thought. It's easy to write them off as stupid, and they may be, but there's also like... If they have really bad information, the decisions they make given that info as true make more sense. If you really believed that Harris was eating babies, or "she's a communist that's going to put the christians in a labor camp", it would make sense to vote for the "lesser" evil.

Just need to figure out why they believe such falsehoods. it's probably fox news et al.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

In my opinion, stupid is an aggravated form of ignorant; it's an aggressive, proud refusal to change one's mind despite having the clear contradictions in their beliefs presented to them.

They believe the falsehoods because it benefits them to do so. Importantly, all of their friends believe it too, so if they stop then they'll lose their support and social network. It's the same kind of thought control techniques that cults exploit.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

MAGA is genuinely a cult

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