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Kuka's avatar

A new IPSOS Washington Post poll shows 82% of Black voters supporting Harris, up from 74% who said they would support Biden. The poll also shows increased enthusiasm among Black voters. The poll contacted 1083 Black voters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/09/harris-trump-biden-black-americans/

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Jay's avatar

These are the numbers I like to see.

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JanusIanitos's avatar

How did Obama's polling numbers look with black voters? Quick look I found says he got 93% of their votes in 2012. I'm curious how that might have compared to what the polls said.

I'd expect it's harder to get polling right as we get closer to these kind of strongly lopsided results.

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Kuka's avatar

Yes, Obama got 93-95%. Moreover, in 2022 exit polls, Blacks went for Democrats over 90% in PA and MI, and 89% in WI. Question is whether the current polls are off or if Blacks trending right.

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Jonathan's avatar

Actually elections point to the polls being off(I am going to trust the actual election results)

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ArcticStones's avatar

Well, Trump does seem to be trying to recruit the Kanye West & Herschel Walker self-styled macho demographic. But somehow I doubt thatтАЩs going to pad his numbers much.

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Zero Cool's avatar

If I remember correctly back in 2012, Obama got around 45% of the votes in GA. At this time, the robust GOTV system that Stacey Abrams started was not in place. However, getting a sizeable portion like 45% couldn't have been possible without high turnout among black voters in the state.

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Nikhil's avatar

Polling, even exit polling, tends to strongly underestimate the black support for Dems. I remember in 2020 exit polling suggested Trump got up to 15% of the black vote but precinct results indicated it was in mid single digits.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Trump better brace himself for GA and NC.

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Jonathan's avatar

But he really can't; Pennsylvania is make or break

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Zero Cool's avatar

Of course.

NC I was saying in particular because I recall it was called for Trump before PA was even called for Biden.

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