Has Black approval of President Trump held up since a 2019 peak?
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
By Miriam Himelstein
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After peaking even higher in February 2020, approval ratings for the President among Black people have fallen as the coronavirus spread and unemployment rose.
Gallup finds that among Blacks approval grew through his term to 18% in April 2019 and then hit 22% in February, as unemployment reached record lows. By April 2020, as the coronavirus shutdown continued, it was down to 12%.
Black voters backed Joe Biden over Trump by 82% to 9% in an election-focused survey released by another pollster in June 2020.
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