Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has lost some of the support of some of the main Democratic supporters over the past decades – African American men. On Thursday, November 5, writes the Daily Mail.
According to preliminary data, 80 percent of black men in the country voted for Biden. This is two percent less than Hillary Clinton received in 2016, and 15 percent less than Barack Obama received in 2008.
Biden's support from African-American women has also declined slightly, although not as much. So, if for Obama in 2008, 96 percent of the country's black voters cast their votes, and for Clinton in 2012 – 94 percent, then for Biden in 2020 – 91 percent.
This decline in popularity of the Democratic candidate is associated with a number of oversights that he made during his public speeches. So, in May, Biden, in an interview with radio host Lenard McKelvey, said that he could not call himself black if he supported the current US President Donald Trump. “If you find it difficult to decide whether you are for Trump or for me, then you are not black,” the politician said.
Two months later, McKelvey criticized the Democrat for his other statement – Biden said that the current head of state, Donald Trump, is the first racist US president. The presenter noted that in fact 12 American presidents owned slaves, and said he wanted Biden to “shut up forever.”
In August, Biden was criticized for his words during an interview with CBS News reporter Errol Barnett. A black journalist asked if the Democrat had passed the cognitive test. “Why the hell am I supposed to take this test? Look, this is the same as saying, “Did you take a cocaine test before your show or not? Are you a drug addict?” – the Democrat was indignant. Trump then declared that his opponent insulted all African Americans.
General Election Day was held in the United States on November 3. Citizens elected a president and vice president, 35 senators, the entire House of Representatives, 13 governors and local government representatives. The current head of state, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, who served as vice president under Barack Obama, are fighting for the presidency. At the moment, no one has the required 270 electors – Biden has 264 votes and Trump has 214.
