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Democrats, two-thirds since its data collection began in 1999 and an 11-point

drop just since 2020.

High quality pollsters also showed President Biden losing ground to former President Trump,

with Trump getting about 20% support among black voters.

If materialized, that would be the highest level of support for a Republican in the modern

polling era, which has been about half a century.

Of course, since then, the presidential election has been upended.

Vice President Harris is now facing off against Trump and would become the first woman,

first South Asian, and second black president if she wins.

In the time since Harris has taken the helm of the Democratic Party,

she appears to have improved Democrats' lot amongst black voters, though it's not clear she's back to

where Biden was in 2020, let alone 2008 or 2012 when former President Obama was on the ballot.

So today we're going to take an updated look

at where black voters stand in the 2024 election.

And joining me to do that is Cheryl Laird,

professor of government and politics

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