In a surprising turn-of-events Donald Trump won the presidential race leaving many black Americans with mixed feelings about the next 4 years. The results showed that Kamala Harris got support from 86% of black voters; still it wasnt enough to secure her historic bid as first woman president
The voting patterns showed some interesting shifts: black men gave Trump 20% support (up from last election) while black women backed Harris at 92%. In swing-states like North-Carolina Trump got a notable boost - reaching 12% of black votes which is almost double from what he had back in 2020
Immigrants are taking Black jobs
Shedrick Carter a small-business owner from Atlanta thinks Trump will help black communities: “Hes going to be amazing for black people - better jobs lower prices and no foreign wars“. However Mary Spencer a retired Wisconsin nurse sees it differently pointing to Trumps views that seem to put black workers in low-skill positions
Civil rights groups are getting ready for whats coming. Jotaka Eaddy from Win With Black Women says:
- Fight against rights rollbacks
- Keep organizing communities
- Push for racial equality
- Protect fundamental freedoms
In Georgia where Trump got slightly more black support Bryson Goodbeir who works in construction feels his financial situation was better during previous Trump years. But Sondra Walker a teacher from North-Carolina thinks its dangerous for black Americans and worries about the lack of consequences for divisive speech
The economic message seems to work in some places - with inflation concerns and job promises getting attention But many worry about Trumps plans to end federal diversity programs and his use of controversial language about race