Recent polls showing low black and Hispanic support for the Democratic party has left many Democrat leaders and strategists sweating.
Former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville took to his podcast Carville’s classroom to share his concerns as the Democratic party loses popularity among younger people of color.
“I’ve been very vocal about this,” Carville said. “It’s horrifying our numbers among younger voters, particularly younger blacks, younger Latinos … younger people of color. Particularly males.”
A Gallup poll showed that the Democrats’ have dominated Republicans in black voters’ party-preference by nearly 20% in the past three years. The poll showed that 66% of black adults leaned or identified as Democrat and 19% identified as Republican. While the difference is still 47% in favor of Democrats; this is the lowest spread in 25 years. Change in support amongst black Americans for Democrats is noticeable — in 2020, polls showed 77% of
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