Donald Trump’s support from Black voters plunges, new poll shows

Former President Donald Trump is seeing support from Black voters decrease just days before Election Day, a poll published on Sunday shows. According to the final national NBC News poll of the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, is only earning 9 percent of Black support, lower than the 12 percent he received during the 2020 presidential election when he ran against Joe Biden. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, leads Black voters with 87 percent, NBC News’ poll shows. The poll, with a sample of 1,001 registered voters, was conducted between October 30 to November 2 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s campaign via email for comment. Sunday’s poll comes after both candidates are seeking to win over Black voters and other key groups as even small shifts in support could prove consequential in a race that looks set to be decided by razor-thin margins in the battleground states. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, previously unveiled a plan to give Black men more opportunities amid concerns that some may sit out the election or back Trump. The plan...