Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that many Black voters are reportedly turning away from the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 election and that Black voters are no longer “just following an ideology.”
Carson appeared on “Jesse Watters Prime Time” and talked about recent polls showing former President Donald Trump competing with, and in some cases leading, Biden in many key Democratic voting districts. We discussed. Fox host Jesse Watters called out the long-standing “loyalty” of black voters to the Democratic Party and asked Carson why black voters seemed to be changing. (Related: Biden team reportedly denies the president is losing to Trump in polls)
“I think they are pursuing their own interests. There comes a point where the situation has gotten so bad that you have to reevaluate your normal behavior. Why are things so bad? And they’re finally starting to look at actual policy, not just following ideology, and the same goes for young people,” Carson said.
“In conjunction with Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, I have been to many campuses where young people are hungry for the truth that will lead them to the American Dream. I realized, not in a philosophical way, but in reality, because of the incredibly crazy policies that are going on. And you don’t have to be very bright to understand that.
The latest New York Times/Siena College poll released this week shows that Trump currently has a head-to-head lead in five of the six battleground states: Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia and Pennsylvania. It appears that Biden is leading, and only Biden is in the lead. He is in first place in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Key voters such as young voters, black voters and Hispanics have been found to want fundamental changes in American society, data shows, and are more likely to hold Biden in office if he is re-elected in November. Very few people believe it. according to In the New York Times.
Polling data shows Trump could win more than 20% of the black vote, the highest level in a key Republican voting bloc since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the paper said. reported. Additionally, both Trump and Biden are estimated to be tied among voters ages 18 to 29 and Hispanic voters.
