In the more pearl-clutching over the SCOTUS Callais decision category, here’s the latest lightning bolt to hit legacy media: Black voters, particularly younger Blacks, are leaning toward the GOP.
Welcome to the party, pals. And break out the smelling salts for those who have fallen out, proclaiming it simply cannot be. Right-of-center media, and particularly our contributors here at RedState, have been documenting this shift for years. Its apex was realized in the election of Donald Trump in 2024, with Black support at record highs.
As RedState reported in 2024:
The wildcard in this election was the Black vote. Trump made gains in the Black community, especially among Black men. He was at 11 percent in 2020 and achieved 25 percent in 2024.
That wildcard has now become a trend, and legacy media have no idea what to do with it.
A generational and structural shift is decoupling Black identity from Democratic Party loyalty, transforming a once-reliable voting bloc into a cohort of “political free agents” that the GOP is uniquely positioned to exploit.
What is truly smacking their gob? That Hitler-Racist Trump is not just precipitating this change, he continues to gain ground in approval among Black Americans.
President Trump is making gains with Black voters despite posting racist videos, using racist rhetoric and advancing policies critics say erase slavery history and weaken voting rights.
An Axios review of recent data shows breaks in the strong Black support for Democrats going back to John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential run and Barack Obama’s historic 2008 win.