Are Big Changes Ahead In America’s Political Balance Of Power?

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Epoch Times: Polls Showing Third of Blacks Support Trump May Herald Huge Political Upheavals Ahead

Democrats have relied on President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s coalition to control the White House and Congress for much of the past eight decades, with black voters being the most reliable bloc in the alliance.

But three recent national polls may signal big changes ahead in America’s political balance of power.

Rasmussen Reports announced Nov. 22 that 34 percent of blacks in the latest survey said they now support President Donald Trump. Shortly thereafter, Emerson Polling said it found that 34.5 percent of blacks back the president.

Since only 8 percent of black voters supported Trump in the 2016 election, such a shift in the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituency quickly sparked glee among conservative commentators and derisive outrage among liberals.

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WNU Editor: Too early to say if this is a trend. And I heard the same thing in past elections. But my gut is telling me that there is a change, a gut feeling that is helped by my black friends in Montreal who are telling me that they like President Trump. Bottom line. If President Trump can increase his vote among Blacks from 8% to 15%, and keep his Hispanic vote from 2016 at 28% (a ridiculously low number that I am sure will increase in 2020), I do not see how any Democrat Presidential candidate will be able to defeat President Trump next year.