The votes of Black women and members of the LGBTQ community increased for President Donald Trump in this year’s election, according to exit polls. It is a phenomenon that left some shocked, others angry and some disgusted.
“This is so personally devastating to me: the black male vote for Trump INCREASED from 13% in 2016 to 18% this year. The black female vote for Trump doubled from 4% in 2016 to 8% this year,” New York Times columnist and author Charles M. Blow tweeted Wednesday, Nov. 4.
“Also, the percentage of LGBT voting for Trump doubled from 2016. DOUBLED!!! This is why LGBT people of color don’t really trust the white gays. Yes, I said what I said. Period,” Blow added.
Blow was sharing data from a national exit poll conducted by Edison Research and published by the Times. The survey included 15,590 voters.
According to the polls, support for Trump doubled among both groups.
Backlash was immediate on social media, with many questioning why those who voted for Trump would vote against their own interests. Black women and LGBTQ members even went in on each other.
“This is seriously eye opening for me. As an African Am. female why am I worried about LBGTQ if half of them vote for a candidate who is actively working to margainlize (sic) them. I’m done,” wrote Twitter user @AimzTweetGreen. “Ditto for issues facing the Latino community and their need to be continuously courted. DONE!”
“How is this even possible? He has tried to take their rights away multiple times. There has to be some error here. Absolutely no LGBTQ2+ person i know thinks that man should be President,” responded user @bowden2you.
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“White Gay male here. You’ll get no argument from me. And I’m equally disgusted and confused by it. But bigotry hasn’t made sense to me since I was 5,” agreed user @rattacasal.
“I am a Black woman who would not vote for Trump under any circumstances. When you figure this sh*t out, please explain it to me,” user @deirdeCsf24 also tweeted in response.
Most Black Americans still voted overwhelmingly Democrat in favor of Joe Biden, the polls show.
Though it has been three days since Americans cast their ballots in, the president of the United States still hasn’t been decided. On Friday, Nov. 6 votes were trending upward in favor of Biden, who is now leading in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada.
Georgia has turned blue for the first time in nearly 30 years, but the Secretary of State said there will be a recount since the results are so close.
None of the remaining six states have been officially called yet since there are still outstanding votes to be counted.
