Moment focus group host is shocked when half of black voters reveal who they’re voting for

A segment on The Daily Show may not have gone as planned when they convened a focus group of black voters and half of them revealed they planned to vote for Donald Trump.

An Ipsos poll taken in late June, just after the disastrous debate between Joe Biden and Trump in Atlanta, found that his support among African Americans had fallen 20 points compared to 2020.

The venerable liberal comedy show’s segment seemed to prove it, as reporter Josh Johnson gathered a half-dozen black voters to talk about their reaction to the debate.

Johnson began the segment, titled “Do We F*** With Trump?” by asking the six people – three men and three women – who they would vote for.

Three of them said Trump disagreed with them, but one of them had some reservations, which shocked Johnson.

“Okay, the split is even, and I didn’t see that coming,” he said, as the participants laughed.

One of the survey participants, when asked who he would vote for, said, “Should I say his name? I don’t want to, but it’s probably going to be Trump.”

The other two Trump voters in the group, however, seemed much more at ease, as did the three Biden voters.

“I’ve always been a Democrat, and it’s like the Democratic Party: They always make a lot of promises that they can’t keep,” said the male voter who declined to give Trump’s name.

Both he and one of the two female Trump voters believed that the black community would move toward the Republican candidate. Again, they blamed the Democrats.

“You know, they use the problems of the African-American community as a mouthpiece and make promises just to get us to vote. And then once we vote and everybody’s in their seats, you think, what happened?”

They said they were unhappy with Biden’s previous comments about the black community, including an interview with radio host Charlamagne the God in which he stated, “If you have a hard time figuring out whether you’re for me or for Trump, then you ain’t black.”

“They both said things that were questionable and objectionable, but when you look at the facts, it’s like Biden dropped the ball, brother,” said one female voter.

Recent polls show that Trump is still not very popular with black voters, but that he has made gains since leaving office.

An Ipsos poll taken in late June, just after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Trump in Atlanta, found his support among African Americans had fallen 20 points from 2020.

Johnson began the segment, titled “Do We F*** With Trump?” by asking the six people — three men and three women — who they would vote for. Three of them said Trump, though one said with some reservations, leaving Johnson in shock.

Two polls conducted in June by AP-NORC it turns out that about 7 in 10 black Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of Trump.

That’s still not the case, but Trump only got eight percent of the black vote in the last election.

President Joe Biden’s popularity among Black and Hispanic Americans has also declined since 2021.

Younger black Americans may be slightly more receptive to Trump’s appeals. About a third of young black adults — those under 45 — view him positively, compared with about 1 in 10 black adults who are 45 or older. But most younger black adults view him negatively.

About 6 in 10 black Americans have a positive view of Biden, down from 8 in 10 when he took office.