Both Democratic presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have stepped up their efforts to woo African American voters in their camp as both of them are aware of one simple fact that there would be no White House without their support. Black and African Americans constitute the third largest racial and ethnic group in the United States after the Whites and Hispanics. Their share in the population of the United States is around 14 percent.
Historically, for past fifty years, more than 90 percent of the African American voted for the Democrats, which would be Hillary Clinton this time. But this time, it’s different. African Americans are more confused than ever, especially the youngsters over whom to choose from.
Several surveys show that, while history and past records call for supporting Mrs. Clinton, most of the young blacks do not trust her and considers her to be an expert at lying. But at the same time, even Mr. Trump’s economic agendas attract them, they strongly feel that he is a racist.
Recently, Trump has been seeing some improvements among this group and if he is able to secure around 15-20 percent of the support, White House could become a pastaffair for Hillary.