No, young Black men aren’t to blame if Trump wins the election
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Young Black men have even been described as a “key voting bloc” by numerous commentators — despite accounting for a mere 0.8% of the US adult population Indeed, young Black men have been mentioned on 24/7 TV news seven times more frequently than young white men, who represented 2.9% of registered voters in 2020. Other reports have misstated some findings from an NAACP survey based on 1,000 registered Black voters across the US as relating to young Black men. The limited quantitative research available on young Black men’s voting intentions actually points to them supporting Trump in 2024 at levels similar to 2020. Therefore, when media reports create a false social proof of a particular voting pattern, this may indeed sway young Black men to vote in that particular way.
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