Support levels for President Joe Biden are declining among Black and Hispanic voters ahead of the 2024 election, according to new polls. With his approval among youth voters also taking a tumble, three cornerstones of what the Democratic Party has long viewed as its voter base are wavering at the eleventh hour, setting off blaring alarm bells for Democratic operatives.
According to a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, one in five Black voters said they will support a third-party candidate in November.
Likewise, Biden maintains the support of just 63 percent of Black voters, a steep decline from the 87 percent he held in 2020, according to data from the Roper Center.
However, former President Donald Trump still only has the support of 12 percent of Black voters—the same portion he had in 2020.
Among Hispanic voters, Trump is leading with 39 percent compared to Biden’s 34 percent. In 2020, Biden won that demographic in a landslide, 65 percent to 32 percent.
Among voters under the age of 35, Trump leads 37 percent to Biden’s 33 percent. But in 2020, they supported Biden by an overwhelming margin.
Hispanic voters TURN on Joe Biden on LIVE TV after Trump crushes him in latest polls— It's starting… pic.twitter.com/zmOEUJPAku
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 2, 2024
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Biden also suffers from a lack of enthusiasm among his own supporters: only 18 percent rate their enthusiasm for Biden at a “10,” while 44 percent of Trump supporters describe themselves as a “10.”
Biden’s saving grace lies in the fact that many of the voters are being funneled into support for third-party candidates, rather than Trump. Twenty percent of Hispanic voters, twenty percent of Black voters, and twenty-one percent of young voters say they want to support someone beyond the two main candidates.
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