CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Monday said Vice President Kamala Harris’ weak support among black voters, compared to previous Democratic presidential nominees, is a significant concern heading into November.
Former President Donald Trump has made notable gains with black voters, narrowing Harris’ lead with the traditionally Democratic voting bloc. Enten, on “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta,” noted Harris’ margin among various black voters is much smaller than the leads held by former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden over their Republican opponents in previous elections.
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“Kamala Harris still leads among black voters, but it’s the trend that is so worrisome, right? You go back to Obama in 2012. He won ’em by 90, then Hillary Clinton, 85, Biden, 81. Look at where Kamala Harris is today. She’s down 15 points from where Biden was just four years ago,” Enten told host Erica Hill. “And she’s down, get this, 24 points where Obama was 12 years ago. So look, Kamala Harris is ahead, but the margin is shrinking among a core Democratic group.”
“Now, you know, you were talking about black men, but let’s start off with black women here because I think it gets rather interesting here. The Democratic presidential margin among black women, look, Obama won ’em by 93, Clinton won ’em by 93 Biden, [down] a little bit to 85. Look where Kamala Harris is right now, this isn’t just about black men,” he added. “It’s about black women as well. She’s only up by 71 points among black women, which again is a rather large lead, but given the history of how black women have voted in this country in the last few elections, it’s significantly smaller.”
The data reporter added that Harris’ leads with black men are even smaller.
“Let’s get into black men. What do we see here? The Democratic margin among black men, again, we see the shrinkage. Again, Kamala Harris is ahead by 54, but that’s way down from where Joe Biden was four years ago, 69 points, 71 for Clinton, way down from Obama, that 85 point margin,” Enten said. “And how about young black men? Look at this. Kamala Harris up only 41 points among black men under the age of 45. That is down 12 points from where Biden was four years ago. Way down, we’re talking about half of the margin that we were looking at back with Obama in 2012, Erica.”
Enten earlier on Monday said Trump’s gains with nonwhite voters could be countered by a slight drop in support he is experiencing among “non-college white voters,” who represent a significant share of the American electorate, particularly in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump currently holds narrow leads over Harris in all of the top seven swing states, according to the RealClearPolling averages.
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