Post-Debate Poll Shows Trump Support Skyrocketing Among Latino and Black Voters October 3, 2020 | by James G. Dalton
A poll taken following the first 2020 presidential debate shows President Donald Trump is enjoying significantly higher support among both Latinos and African-Americans than he had 2016.
CNN exit polling from the 2016 election showed Trump taking 28 percent of the Latino vote and just 8 percent among black voters in his race against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
A new Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll conducted following Tuesday’s presidential debate finds the president’s support among Hispanics at 36.5 percent, an 8.5 percentage point jump from 2016.
Meanwhile, his backing among African-Americans has nearly doubled to 15 percent.
The IBD/TIPP survey also found Trump narrowing Joe Biden’s lead overall to less than 3 percentage points nationwide, with 48.6 percent supporting the Democratic nominee and 45.9 percent supporting the president among likely voters.
An IBD/TIPP poll of registered voters in early September showed Biden with an 8 percentage point advantage, 49 to 41 percent.
Registered voters responding to IBD/TIPP’s latest poll gave Trump the edge in the debate regarding the issues of the Supreme Court (45 to 40 percent) and the economy (47 to 44 percent).
Biden held the advantage on the topics of COVID-19 and race, both by 49 to 40 percent margins.
Registered voters polled also found Trump mentally sharper than Biden (47 to 42 percent), though they saw the former vice president as more presidential (51 to 37 percent).
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