The poll of roughly 1,250 Black Americans found that 70 percent approve of how Biden is handling his job, yet just 23 percent “strongly approve.” The results may signal Black voters’ frustration with a lack of progress Biden and congressional Democrats have made on certain key issues as the midterm elections approach.
Black voters consistently vote overwhelmingly in favor of Democratic candidates, and Biden carried Black voters in the 2020 presidential election with 92 percent of the vote, according to Pew Research Center. Biden was the first Democratic presidential nominee to win Georgia since 1992, at least in part as a result of pressing more Black Americans to vote.
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The Post poll discovered that just 60 percent of respondents announced they feel Biden is keeping most of his central campaign vows. Biden has backed several pieces of legislation related to matters that impact many Black voters, like police reform and voting rights, though an evenly-divided Senate has enabled Republicans to block those measures. Democrats have a tie-breaking vote in Vice President Harris, yet they need to attain less than 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and advance legislation.
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Over 60 percent of respondents said they were disappointed or angry about Democrats’ failure to pass voting rights legislation, yurt over 80 percent announced they blame Biden “not at all” or “a little,” according to the Post.
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Nonetheless, the number of respondents who stated they believe Biden is sympathetic to Black Americans’ problems dropped from 74 percent in 2020 to 66 percent. Roughly 75 percent of those polled stated that Biden has done “a little” or “nothing” to reduce discrimination in the criminal justice system.
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After federal legislation on police reform failed in the Senate, Biden signed an executive order to create a national database of officers who have been fired for misconduct and significantly limit chokeholds and no-knock warrants, yet the order applies just to federal officials, not state or local officials. Biden has announced he wants to proceed to push for more comprehensive reforms, yet a legislative path for that is uncertain.
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Almost 90 percent of respondents announced they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their congressional district in November, yet just half said the outcome of the midterm elections matters “a great deal” to them. Over three-quarters announced the same leading up to the 2020 election. Only 62 percent stated they would “absolutely” vote this year, compared to 85 percent in 2020. The decrease in the number of Black voters who stated they would definitely vote was 23 points compared to a 12-point drop for white voters.