Black Voters, the 2024 Election, and a Second Trump Administration

In the lead up to the 2024 presidential election, Black voters attracted lots of attention for the role they could play in deciding swing states and for a steady increase in Republican support. Early exit polls following Donald Trump’s victory suggest that he won more Black voters than any Republican nominee in 40 years – and also that Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris still won nearly 90 percent of the Black electorate.

The Black electorate is unique in its near-uniformity, even as other groups have grown more evenly divided between the parties. What lessons can we learn about Black voters from this election? And are their politics realigning?

Join New America's Us@250 Initiative and the Political Reform Program on November 21st from 1-2pm EST for a panel discussion about the election and Black America during a second Trump administration. This conversation will consider reporting from the campaign trail, short and long terms trends, and the outlook for Black political behavior.

Speakers:

Ted Johnson, Senior Advisor and head of the Us@250 Initiative, will be in conversation with Leah Wright Rigueur, Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a CNN contributor, and Maya King, a politics reporter for The New York Times.