🧵🧵🧵I went to Clayton County, GA - where 70% of voters are black - to hear their thoughts on Donald Trump.
I now believe the polls showing him winning record support among black voters.
“If you wanna start your own business, Trump is the man for you. If you wanna live off the government, that would be Kamala.”
“The country’s been run horribly the last four years. When Trump was in office things were a lot better…Kamala’s consistently flip flopping on policies.”
“I feel like Kamala’s a puppet for the Democratic Party…Trump’s views on protecting the border are on point.”
“When trump was in power he was doing a much better job…People are losing their jobs for other people that are coming in the country.”
“Trump gives me answers to questions…When they ask Harris ‘Are Americans better off than they were four years ago?’ I don’t hear an answer.”
I’ve talked to thousands of voters the last 8 years. In the past, most folks not voting for Trump completely despised him.
What surprised me was how many Harris supporters still had good things to say about him.
“He actually has some views that I kinda like. I don’t like the transgender things that’s going on, with the men competing in women’s sports…So, I kinda like him, but I don’t.”
“Trump has some good points…He could run America real good as a business honestly. And he’s unapologetically him. You can’t help but respect that.”
For decades, Republicans have only won 5-10 percent of the black vote every presidential election.
Polling this year shows Donald Trump with 17-25 percent support.
If he gets anywhere near that number, it’s difficult to envision a scenario in which Harris wins states like Georgia or North Carolina.
I still found plenty of Harris voters in Clayton County and the surrounding area.
Abortion and racism were the top two reasons they gave for supporting her.
Call it anecdotal, but I spoke to black voters all day and found a 50-50 Harris/Trump split.
This was in a county with the highest percentage of black residents in the state. It went for Biden 85-15 last election.
Is there a chance Harris still wins 90% of the black vote? Sure.
But based on my experience in Atlanta, I would be shocked if Trump doesn’t bring in record numbers of black voters.
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