Former President Donald Trump is gobbling up a large share of likely black voters heading into November, according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll released Wednesday.
Trump is pulling in support from 26% of likely black voters, according to the poll, which is a significant uptick from just 5% support of black registered voters leading up to the last presidential election, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll from June of 2020.
Likely black voters are largely pessimistic about the state of the country under President Joe Biden, with 67% saying the country is headed in the wrong direction, and only 26% saying the country is on the right track.