“The Daily Show” correspondent Josh Johnson tried to get to the bottom of why the 2024 presidential election “feels different” than the past when it comes to black America’s support for the Democrat candidate.
Johnson sat down with a focus group of six black Americans from the New York area to ask for their thoughts on Donald Trump and his surge in African American support.
Half of the six individuals explained they’ll be voting for Trump, leaving Johnson surprised, saying, “I didn’t see that coming.”
The Trump supporters said the believe there will be “a big shift” in black voters leaving the Democrat Party this election.
“For me, I’ve always been a Democrat. And, for the most part with the Democrat Party, they make a bunch of promises they can’t deliver,” one man stated.
A woman added, “They [Democrats] use the issues of the African American community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises to get us to come out and vote. And then once we vote and everyone is in place, it’s like what happened?”
When a Biden supporter in the group claimed Trump “don’t respect the black person,” two of the Trump voters pointed out Sleepy Joe told Americans they “aren’t black” if they don’t vote for him.
The small panel’s opinions highlight a change in the American political landscape, but will the shift in Trump’s favor be enough to overcome Democrat election hijinks?