Young Black Men Question Trump's Policies, But Don't Feel Threatened by Him

Published February 27, 2026 at 6:45 AM EDT

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a survey released Thursday by several Democratic-aligned organizations, Black men 50 years old and below were more likely to show apathy toward President Donald Trump’s policies and less likely to say they were personally hurt by them, compared with other age and gender groups within the critical voting bloc.

Forty-two percent of Black men under 50 said Trump’s policies have not made much of a difference. Just 24 percent of Black men over 50 said the same, as did 22 percent Black women over 50 and 30 percent of Black women under 50.

Across the board, 63 percent of Black voters said Democrats in Congress are responsible for fighting against government actions that harm their communities, but only 36 percent said they believed congressional Democrats were very actively fighting.

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“The Democrats have not done enough to convince Black males in particular, to come back home because they haven’t been focused on policy,” says Harrison Fields, a GOP strategist and former White House official who served in Trump’s second term.

“If your only policy is being against Trump, you then again are proving Black voters, especially Black male voters, correct in that [the Democratic Party’s] focus is not about them.”

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