'C'mon': Political scientist dumps on new poll over unusual Black voter support for Trump

Tom Boggioni
November 5, 2023 

Larry Sabato (CNN screenshot)

Appearing on CNN on Sunday afternoon to discuss new polling that shows presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump beating President Joe Biden in a smattering of key states, noted political scientist Larry Sabato brushed the numbers off.

Then he singled out highly suspect numbers of Black voters who indicated a choice for four-time indicted Donald Trump.

Speaking with CNN host Fredricka Whitfield, the founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, asserted no one should get shook up about the polling this far from the election, telling the CNN host, "Well, it's a low point for President Biden and, as I said, it's not unusual in the third year. But I'm sure they have specific plans to reach out to those groups. and often those groups don't engage in a major way until the end of a campaign or toward the end of a campaign, that's when they're contacted."

"So, again, it's early to panic," he continued before pointing out, "I will say this, though. The poll had, I believe, Black voters at 22 percent for Donald Trump. I'm not allowed to bet on elections, Fred, but I sure wish I was because I would love to bet multiple people that the black vote for Trump in the end will be somewhere between 8 and 13 percent max."

"Twenty-two percent? Come on," he scoffed as the CNN host laughed. "I mean, it really causes you to question how representative this poll is of what's going to happen. I believe that it tells you some of what's going to happen if the election were held today and the election isn't being held today — it's a year away."