Moment focus group host is shocked when half of black voters reveal who they're voting for
- Both candidates have struggled with black voters leading up to 2024
- A Daily Show correspondent asked a group of six voters who they preferred
- 'Yeah, I didn't see that coming,' comedian Josh Johnson said of the results
A Daily Show correspondent was in for a shock when he gathered a focus group of black voters and half of them revealed they were set to cast a ballot for Donald Trump.
The segment was filmed following the release of an Ipsos poll that showed Biden's support among African Americans had dropped 20 points from 2020 after his disastrous Atlanta debate with Trump.
The liberal comedy show's segment appeared to emulate this poll, as correspondent Josh Johnson gathered a half dozen black voters to talk about their reaction to the debate.
Johnson started off the segment, titled 'Do We F*** With Trump?' by asking the six people - three men and three women - who they'd vote for.
Three of them said Trump, albeit one with some reservations, leaving Johnson in shock.
A Daily Show correspondent was in for a shock when he gathered a focus group of black voters and half of them revealed they were set to cast a ballot for Donald Trump
'Okay, we're an even split, which - yeah, I didn't see that coming,' he said, as the participants laughed.
One survey taker said, when asked who he'd vote for: 'Do I have to say his name? I don't want to, but more than likely, it's going to be Trump.'
However, the other two Trump voters in the group seemed much more comfortable, as did the three Biden voters.
'For me, I have always been a Democrat, and it's like, for the most part, with the Democratic Party, they always make a bunch of promises that they cannot deliver,' said the male voter who didn't want to say Trump's name.
Both he and one of the two female Trump voters felt there would be a shift in the black community toward the Republican nominee, again blaming the Democrats.
'You know, they use the issues of the African American community as a soapbox to stand on and make promises just to get us to come out and vote, and then once we vote and everyone's in place - it's like, well, what happened?'
They said that they were unhappy with Biden's past comments on the black community, including an interview with radio host Charlamagne the God where he proclaimed: 'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.'
'They have both said things that were questionable and unsavory, but when you start looking at facts - it's like Biden, you done dropped the ball, brother,' one female voter said.
Recent polls show that while Trump remains broadly unpopular with black voters, he has made gains since he left office.
Correspondent Josh Johnson gathered a half dozen black voters to talk about their reaction to the debate
Johnson started off the segment, titled 'Do We F*** With Trump?' by asking the six people - three men and three women - who they'd vote for. Three of them said Trump, albeit one with some reservations, leaving Johnson in shock
Two June polls conducted by AP-NORC shows that about 7 in 10 black Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Trump.
While that's still underwater, Trump only got eight percent of the black vote in the last election.
President Joe Biden´s favorability among black and Hispanic Americans has also fallen since 2021.
Younger black Americans might be a little more open to Trump's appeals. About one-third of black younger adults - those under 45 - see him positively, compared to around 1 in 10 black adults who are 45 or older. But most younger black adults view him unfavorably.
About 6 in 10 Black Americans, meanwhile, have a positive view of Biden - down from 8 in 10 when he took office.
