
<p>Two key voting groups critical to President Biden&#8217;s victories in the 2020 Democrat primaries and in the November presidential election appear to be slipping away from him. ; According to polling numbers, there has been slippage in Biden’s minority numbers since taking office. They are a contributing factor to the President’s overall low favorability rating &#8212; which is languishing in the mid-30s percentile.</p>



<p>In the past, Democrat candidates could generally count on a black vote in excess of 85 percent and a Hispanic vote above 70 percent. ; A compilation of polling data since Biden’s inauguration show significant slippage among black voters – with slightly improving numbers in recent months. ; ;</p>



<p>Biden began his tenure in office with an approval rating among blacks in the 80 to 83 percent approval rating. ; That fell to a record low of 58 percent in June of 2022. ; It has since moved up to the 70 percent range – still significantly below the traditional support Democrats receive from black voters. ; ;</p>



<p>In terms of Hispanic support, Biden started his presidency with a 68 percent approval rating. ; It plunged to 43 percent in July of 2022 and has lingered in that range since. ; A Hispanic approval rating for a Democrat President below 50 percent is virtually unprecedented in modern years.</p>



<p>From Spring of 2021 to Spring of 2023, Biden’s approval rating among black and Hispanic voters dropped 13 points. ; The Spring of 2021 is significant because that was the time that Biden’s overall approval rating went below 50 percent – where it has remained for the past 15 months.</p>



<p>In a New York Times/Siena poll, Biden’s support from minority voters without a college education dropped to under 50 percent. ; In 2020, Biden had a 48-point lead over Trump among non-white voters. It is now 49 to 33 – a drop of 16 points.</p>



<p>The handling of the economy appears to be a major influence in Biden’s decline in minority support according to Quinnipiac polls. ; At Biden’s low point in minority support in mid-2022, Hispanic approval of his handling the economy had dropped to 24 percent. ; Black approval of Biden’s handling of the economy was 49 percent. ; He still trails Trump in handling the economy.</p>



<p>The soaring crime rates – especially in the segregated communities in the major urban cities – is a second factor in the decline of Biden’s favorability among blacks and Hispanics. ; Ironically, at the time blacks are concerned about the street crimes – drug related and otherwise – they still have issues with racial inequality and police harassment in law enforcement – especially in low level criminal activity or no criminal activity at all.</p>



<p>In the Hispanic community, the security of the southern border is an issue. ; Democrats seem to have assumed that since most of the illegal border crosses were Hispanic, there would be a general sympathy for the migrants. ; This has not been the case because too many of the migrants are engaged in drug trafficking, sex trafficking and gang related crimes – and they tend to locate their criminal enterprises within the Hispanic communities.</p>



<p>Neither the black nor the Hispanic community are monolithic in their vote – and less now than ever. Other issues play subordinate roles, including social, cultural, and so-called woke issues. ; Virtually all the gender bending issues have less support in minority communities than they do among progressive white Democrat voters.</p>



<p>For whatever the reasons, it is clear that Biden has a problem with a significant portion of the Democrat base – the blacks and Hispanics. It is one of the reasons that the best Biden can do these days is stay even with Trump in the head-to-head polling – and that is not good news for the incumbent President.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Biden’s Approval Rating Crashing Among Minority Voters
