Dr. Donald Suggs: Wake up, Black voters. Don’t let Trump’s lies fool you

by Dr. Donald Suggs ST. LOUIS AMERICAN—The fact that exit polls showed that Donald Trump received 9 percent of the Black vote in 2016, the highest number since George Bush in 2000, and then won 12 percent in the presidential race in 2020 should be a cause for concern. Moreover, some recent polls surprisingly showed that if the presidential election were held today, 17 percent of Black voters say they would vote for Trump, and even more troubling, 20 percent say they would vote for someone other than either Trump or President Biden. Black voters have been the largest and most loyal voting bloc for Democrats for years, but there has been a shift in the number of Black voters who consider themselves Democrats. That trend could be explained partially by a number of younger Black voters with no direct experience with the civil rights movement.& They have scant knowledge and no direct personal memory. They feel disappointed with Democrats and the Biden administration and seem willing to consider Trump despite his blatant and toxic racial baggage. This disconnection with the Democratic party is felt most strongly with some young Black males, many in critical battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin,...