National News

‘How Did 12 Percent of Black Men vote for Trump?’

In Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, of all Blacks casting ballots, 95 percent of Black men and 96 percent of Black women chose him, NBC News reported.

     Four years later, Black women’s support remained at 96 percent for Obama’s 2012 re-election. However, the Black male vote decreased to 87 percent.

     In 2016, when the nominee was Hillary Clinton, Black men dropped even further to 82 percent, while Black women’s support for Clinton remained high at 94 percent. Biden came close to matching that this year, garnering the support of 91 percent of Black women. […]