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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Democrats are scoring so badly with Black voters that a former KKK leader has a higher approval than most

A new poll on the popularity of prospective 2028 presidential candidates has found that only one Democrat scores highly with Black voters, with the rest performing less well than ex-KKK leader David Duke did in 2016.

The new Fall 2025 Yale Youth Poll examined the favorability ratings of potential candidates through several lenses, including race, and found that Black voters favored only former vice president Kamala Harris in any meaningful way.

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