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Retired neurosurgeon and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson provided key insight into what black Americans will do with their important votes in the U.S. in the 2024 presidential election.
While speaking to CNN, he responded to a question regarding what percentage of the black vote President Trump was positioned to earn in November. As reported by RSBN, Trump is polling higher than ever with Black voters, swelling a full 19 points since 2020.
Carson remarked that he believed Trump would win a higher percentage of the black vote than he got in the previous election.
He continued, “Black Americans are no different than any other Americans, you know. They feel the pinch of the inflation. You know, they know what it feels like when they have to go fill up their gas tank. They see the crime that’s running rampant that people, repeat offenders, are being let out of prison and endangering them in their neighborhoods.”
Carson also pointed out that the southern border crisis and a disproportional focus on tertiary issues were driving black Americans away from voting for Democrats this year.
He added, “They see what’s happening at the border and how that’s impacting their own communities, how other people’s issues are being put on the front burners and theirs are being put on the back burners.”
“I think those are the issues that are pushing them toward Trump,” he concluded.
Per RSBN, 30 percent of black men in a WSJ poll indicated that they “definitely or probably” would vote for President Trump in 2024, increasing from just 12 percent in 2024.
Dr. Carson has been a strong advocate for and ally of President Trump for many years. They initially ran against each other for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Carson went on to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Trump administration.
He has been rumored to be in the running as a potential vice-presidential running mate for President Trump in 2024, although that has not been confirmed.
