Black men explain why they ditched Democrats and voted for Trump: ‘He was was authentic with the community’

President-elect Donald Trump doubled his support among achromatic men from past rhythm while apt amassing nan largest percent of nonwhite voters for a Republican statesmanlike hopeful since Richard Nixon.

Black men opted for Trump by astir 21%, while achromatic women backed him astatine 7%, pinch 12% of achromatic supporters voting for him wide — up from 8% 8 years prior, according to Edison Research.

For achromatic men who shifted to Trump, nan alteration was nan culmination of increasing dismay complete Democrats’ cognition toward them, a rebellion against being pigeon-holed politically owed to their race, and broadly warming up to GOP policies.

There was besides a lingering consciousness that Trump was personification pinch whom they could relate.

“By nan president getting that mug shot, he was capable to spot done a achromatic man’s eyes,” Duke Tanner, a erstwhile undefeated master boxer whom Trump granted clemency, told The Post.

“He was capable to really spot done a achromatic man’s eyes astatine what we spell done and [have] been going done for years.”

Tanner was arrested astatine nan property of 24 for a supplier conspiracy for which he was later convicted and sentenced to life down bars, a stint that kept him distant from his son. He has since penned a book connected his journey,

“My boy didn’t want to study really to thrust a motorcycle because I wasn’t location to thatch him. He wanted maine to thatch him really to thrust a motorcycle — not his uncle, not his grandpa,” Tanner recalled.

But conscionable complete 4 years ago, Trump intervened and “saved nan day,” Tanner recounted. He besides credited Trump for helping others successful a akin business by signing nan First Step Act, which was aimed astatine reducing definite national sentences and reforming nan situation system.

Prior to Trump’s presidency, Tanner surmised that he astir apt would’ve identified much pinch nan Democrats, but he was impressed pinch nan soon-to-be 47th president’s policies.

“As a achromatic person, nary matter what, you [were] taught from [when you were] a kid that you were a Democrat,” he reflected.

If Vice President Kamala Harris had prevailed successful nan election, she would’ve been nan first achromatic female president to triumph nan White House and nan 2nd achromatic president overall.

She had mostly steered clear of harping connected personality authorities and cautiously navigated questions astir polls suggesting that she was hemorrhaging support from achromatic males and rolled retired a suite of policies aimed astatine courting them, including legalizing marijuana.

“It’s very important to not run from nan presumption that achromatic men are successful anybody’s pocket,” Harris said during a National Association of Black Journalists panel successful September.

That sentiment astir achromatic voters being expected to beryllium Democrats is thing that hits location pinch a batch of achromatic conservatives.

“I grew up being told that if you’re achromatic you’re a Democrat,” erstwhile NFL subordinate Jack Brewer told The Post.

“I was told that only rich | group and racists ballot Republican.”

“When I supported Trump backmost successful 2016, I mislaid friends. I had family members extremity talking to me. But now these aforesaid achromatic group are calling maine successful 2024 saying, you know, I deliberation you were connected to something.”

Brewer, who helms nan eponymous Jack Brewer Foundation, besides posited that location has been a increasing conception of “black men who cull nan soft liberalism of figures for illustration Barack and Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris and different left-leaning Democrats who purpose to feminize our children and our culture.”

The displacement among achromatic men dovetails pinch a broader gender spread crossed group lines.

Harris scored 53% of women compared to 45% who went for Trump, per Edison Research. Meanwhile, nan president-elect nabbed 55% of men compared to Harris’ 42%.

Trump besides won a mostly of Latino antheral voters (54%), per nan poll.

On nan run trail, erstwhile President Barack Obama was caught connected vi,deo grousing astir Harris’ shortcomings among nan “brothers” and pondered if they “just aren’t emotion nan thought of having a female arsenic president.”

His wife, erstwhile first woman Michelle Obama, had besides begged men to “take our lives seriously.”

“I judge that they were trying to usage nan guilt trip, and they wanted to propulsion nan title card. But this isn’t astir that,” Tanner said of nan Obamas’ comments.

T.W. Shannon, nan 2024 run advisor to Black Men for Trump and Oklahoma’s first African-American speaker of nan House, assessed that achromatic voters were a captious pillar of nan alleged “Blue Wall” states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that went for Trump connected Tuesday.

“Donald Trump unsocial gets nan in installments for going aft nan achromatic ballot for illustration nary different Republican. He was honest, offered a existent plan, had a grounds of occurrence his first term, and astir importantly was authentic pinch nan organization — nary of which Kamala could present on,” Shannon explained.

“In contrast, Harris showed up astatine achromatic churches successful emblematic Democrat manner 2 weeks earlier nan election, and nan only scheme she had was abortion connected request for achromatic women and weed shops for achromatic men.”

As nan predetermination postmortems rotation in, salient Democrats are trying to fig retired really they hemorrhaged number antheral voters.

“I americium going to authorities nan evident here: vilifying voters of colour arsenic achromatic supremacists will not pull them backmost to nan Democratic Party. It will thrust them further into Trump’s camp,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) wrote connected X.

“The intent of authorities is not to repel but to attract. Condescension is nan astir powerful repellant successful politics. Voters viscerally resent condescension and will punish you for it astatine nan ballot box.”

During nan Obama era, immoderate Democratic operatives had felt bullish that demographic destiny could thief guarantee semipermanent governmental power arsenic nan statement seems to person a toehold connected number voters.

Now Republicans are hoping they tin proceed making inroads pinch working-class number voters.