By Martha McHardy
President Donald Trump is seeing a notable surge in support among Black voters, according to a new poll.The latest Quantus Insights poll, conducted June 23-25 among 1,000 registered voters, shows Trump’s approval rating among Black voters has grown by 8 points since the beginning of the month.According to the poll, Trump’s approval rating among Black voters currently stands at 31 percent, up from 23 percent at the beginning of June. Meanwhile, his disapproval rating is down 4 points, from 68 to 64.The poll had a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.Black Voter Gains Stand Out Amid National DeclineIt comes as Trump’s national approval ratings are trending downwards, with several recent polls showing Trump’s approval rating at an all-time low for his second term.And other polls have also shown a downward trend in Trump’s approval rating in recent days.That includes the Quantus poll, which shows Trump’s approval slipping slightly to 47 percent, down from 48 percent. His disapproval rating rose to 50 percent, up from 49 percent in the previous poll.Nonetheless, the poll shows Trump’s approval among Black voters increasing more than any other demographic.Other polls also show Trump’s approval rating rising with Black voters. The most recent McLaughlin and Associates poll, conducted June 12-15 among 2,000 registered voters, showed Trump’s approval rating among Black voters at 30 percent. That was up 4 points from 26 percent in April. His disapproval was down 4 points from 74 percent. Overall, his net approval was up 8 points, from -48 to -40.The latest Emerson College poll, conducted June 24-25 among 1,000 registered voters, showed a 2-point boost in Trump’s net approval rating over the same time period, from -56 points in April to -54 points in June.Why the Shift? Experts Weigh In”If I have to speculate about why this is happening, I would say that the broad economic effects that economists have been predicting from the tariffs has not yet hit the Black community and inflation has cooled a little bit since Trump took office,” Alvin Tillery, founder of Alliance for Black Equality and co-founder of 2040 Strategy Group, told Newsweek.Since Trump took office on January 20, inflation has shown modest signs of cooling, although economists caution that the trend could be temporary. According to the latest Consumer Price Index data, overall inflation rose by just 0.1 percent in May, down from 0.2 percent in April. On an annual basis, headline inflation now sits at around 2.4 percent, slightly higher than April’s 2.3 percent, but still near the Federal Reserve’s target.Meanwhile, reports have noted that Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs, released in April, have not noticeably pushed up prices.However, polls show that Black voters are still not optimistic about the economy. The latest Gallup poll shows that only 14 percent of Black voters rate the economy as good or excellent. And the latest YouGov/Economist poll showed that only 9 percent of Black voters describe the economy as good or excellent, while only 12 percent approve of his performance on the economy.A recent Pew Research study found that Trump’s 2024 victory鈥攎arked by gains in 48 states and among several traditionally Democratic-leaning demographics鈥攚as driven more by his success in mobilizing past supporters than by converting Democratic voters, as well as by the diverse coalition he assembled.And that includes Black voters. According to the report, Trump nearly doubled his support among Black voters from 2020 to 2024, rising from 8 percent to 15 percent. Black men and women were more likely to back him in 2024, with 21 percent of Black men and 10 percent of Black women casting their vote for Trump.And data shared with Newsweek by Quantus Insights shows that much of Trump’s gains among Black voters came from urban areas, with Trump’s share of the vote among Black urban voters growing from 8 percent in 2020 to 15 percent in 2024 (including 21 percent of Black urban men).Black Voters ‘Tired of Being Overlooked’Quantus pollster Jason Corley told Newsweek that Trump’s appeal to working-class urban voters has grown stronger than many expected, pointing to his populist message resonating across different racial groups.”Trump didn’t just run against Democrats, he ran against the system….His message鈥攑opulist, anti-elite, culturally nationalist鈥攔esonated emotionally with a surprising range of people: working-class men across racial and regional lines, including Black and Hispanic voters in cities,” Corley said.But Darius Jones, president of the National Black Empowerment Action Fund, told Newsweek that the movement reflects more than just an ideological shift.”This shift isn’t about Black voters suddenly embracing Trump’s full ideology, but it’s a wake-up call that our votes are up for grabs鈥攁nd that both parties should finally be competing for the Black vote,” Jones said. “This isn’t partisan; it’s practical….Black voters are tired of being overlooked, spoken down to, and fed the same hollow promises. These polls show we are open and can reward whoever speaks to our kitchen table issues, rather than simply follow a party line.”Still, longer-term trends show that Trump has struggled to hold his gains.YouGov polling finds that Trump’s approval rating among Black voters has fallen from -31 points at the beginning of his second term, to -65 points. That is the most dramatic shift of any racial group. Among white voters, Trump held a net favorability rating of +13 at the beginning of his second term. That figure has now fallen to -1.And among Hispanic Americans, Trump’s net favorability has plummeted from -12 at the start of his second term to -26 now, suggesting that early inroads he made with some Latino voters during the 2020 and 2024 campaigns may be reversing.Update 7/2/25, 12:24 p.m. ET: This story was updated with a chart.