General Discussion

...but this group of potential voters has been misrepresented maligned by pollsters in political debates for the decades since we achieved federal protection and defense of our right to vote.

Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Win 'Almost 40%' Of Black Votes?

Trump's claim that "almost 40 percent" of Black Americans who voted did so for him is not supported by polling and research data. No Republican candidate has achieved that level of support among Black voters since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

Polling by the Associated Press', AP VoteCast, which surveyed 120,000 voters nationwide, showed that 16 percent of Black voters picked Trump in 2024. It did represent the largest share of votes from Black for a Republican presidential hopeful since Gerald Ford in 1976.

Trump made particular gains among certain groups of Black voters; AP VoteCast's results show that he was backed by 25 percent of Black men. AP also reported that he roughly doubled his support from 2020 in Black men under the age of 45, with around 3 in 10 voting for him.

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-donald-trump-40-percent-black-votes-2034649

...gains with men could have had to do with a woman nominee.