MSNBC analyst John Heilemann on Thursday urged minority voters not to vote for former President Donald Trump, as polls show him winning support among typically strong Democratic bases.
The concern, Heilman said, isn’t that these voters will vote for Trump, but that they won’t vote at all because President Joe Biden is a weak candidate.
“The worry isn’t just about African-American voters, young voters, Hispanic voters, who are the core of the Democratic coalition, but that not everyone really believes they’re going to flock to Donald Trump. If they stay home and in a very close election in a battleground state, a large portion of these voters in the coalition decide, ‘Enough is enough, I’m not going to vote,’ that’s a problem for the Biden campaign,” Heileman said.
Democrats are surprised by Trump’s support among Latinos.
“We know from polling of African-American and Latino voters that a Trump reelection would be terrible for them, so from the Biden campaign’s perspective, they should just do what they did in 2020. You’re right,” he continued. “That’s easier than bringing back older, white voters who’ve fallen out of the Democratic coalition over the last 20 years. They’re supporting Biden. That’s a big reason for their optimism in those three Midwestern states.”
Many black voters remain Democrats and will support Biden in the next election, but Pew Research The survey found that younger black voters are more likely to say they will vote for Trump. About two-thirds of black voters under 50 support Biden, while 29% support Trump. A notable difference is that black voters over 50 support Biden by a wider margin (84% to 9%).
a vote A New York Times/Siena College poll conducted in March found that 46% supported Trump and 40% supported Biden. The Times noted that Democrats have been surprised by Trump’s growing support among Hispanics, given his efforts to curb illegal immigration and secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
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