‘That Is An Alarm Right There’: CNN Hosts Stunned By ‘Huge’ Black Voter ‘Shift’ To Trump

CNN hosts Brianna Keilar and Boris Sanchez appeared stunned Wednesday as their network’s senior data reporter Harry Enten told them about the shift in black voters from President Joe Biden to former President Donald Trump.

Trump has narrowed his deficit with Biden among black Americans with the current president leading the former president 70% to 18%, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found. Enten said if Trump maintains this support, it would be remarkable since he is a Republican, and Keilar and Sanchez seemed surprised by the swing, with all three noting its electoral significance.

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“Take a look at the numbers now and compare it to where we were four years ago at this particular point among black voters and we see a clear decline in support,” Enten said. “At this point, Joe Biden is just getting 70% of the black vote. Four years ago at this point, he was at 81%. Look at that doubling of support for Donald Trump, from 10% up to 21%. Boris, Brianna, if that held through the election, it would be the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate among black voters in 64 years, since Richard Nixon back in 1960.”

Biden is also only leading Trump at 47% to 42% among Hispanic voters, according to the NYT/Siena poll.

“Now, if you want to break down the black electorate and figure out where exactly is the declining support for Joe Biden is coming from, take a look at this age breakdown,” he continued. “Look here: if you look at those black voters aged 50 and over, they’re still overwhelmingly supporting Joe Biden. Look at that. 85% to 8%. But look at black voters under the age of 50. Donald Trump, in a recent average of polls, is getting, get this, 27% support from them, while Joe Biden is just at 64%.”