Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign is putting money into reaching Black men. But she has a bigger problem than that.
Namely, former President Donald Trump is winning a majority of men of all colors. Harris is 11 percentage points behind Trump with support from only 42 percent of American men.
America has never had a female president, not to mention a woman of color as president. Attracting more male voters of all colors is the real challenge for Harris, and the biggest pool of men is white men.
Yes, improving her standing with Black men is important. That is especially true in states that will be decided by thin margins and where turnout can be decisive. The same is true of Harris’s need to gain support from Latino men.
But despite underperforming with Black and Latino men, according to several polls, Harris is still likely to win more than 80 percent of Black men and half of Hispanic men.
That is far from the case with white men, a much bigger chunk of voters in swing states and nationwide. Polls show that more than 60 percent of white men will vote for Trump.
And white men without college degrees are the core of Trump’s support in a Republican party that is more than 80 percent white.
In 2020, white men without a college degree made up 26 percent of Trump voters. Another 18........