Is Biden losing sway with Hispanic and African American voters?

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Concern is apparently growing among the Democratic party that President Joe Biden is losing strength with African American and Hispanic voters. “The polls are not showing Biden getting the percentage of the vote of African Americans and Hispanics that he got last time,” Ron Faucheaux, political analyst and publisher of Lunchtime Politics, told WWL’s Newell Normand. “Now that’s particularly important because the African American vote is generally voting for Democratic candidates at the national level, to about 90 percent. When you’ve got 13 percent of the electorate voting, 90 percent for your candidate, that’s a very big political base.” During the last election, Biden got 65% of the Hispanic vote and almost 90% of the vote from African Americans. “The latest polls are showing Biden getting somewhere in the 70s among Black voters, which is anywhere between 12 and 15, 16 percent short of what he got last time,” Faucheaux said. “And even worse for him is that the polls are showing him getting in the mid-40s among Hispanic voters, which is 20 percent less than he got last time.” Faucheaux said there’s worry that the hardcore Democratic base won’t be there for Biden the way it was four years...

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