Donald Trump Won More Black Voters Than Any Republican in 48 Years—Analyst

President-elect Donald Trump won more Black voters than any Republican candidate was able to do in nearly fifty years, an analyst said Friday.

CNN's Harry Enten looked at different demographics in the 2024 election, finding big gains for the GOP candidate compared to previous election cycles.

Trump's voter base remained white and working-class people, but the rise in the number of other groups, including Black, Hispanic and first-time voters allowed him a pathway to the White House.

"The breadth of the improvement Donald Trump had... holy Toledo!" he said on CNN News Central.

"These are the types of groups that you would never have thought Donald Trump would have gained so much support among eight years ago when he first went against Hilary Clinton."

The shift among Black voters came from younger men. In Wisconsin, for example, Trump's support among that group more than doubled.

Nationally, he roughly doubled his support among Black men under 45 compared to 2020, with about 3 in 10 in this age group voting for him. In total, 21 percent of Black men voted for Trump, which was 2 percent more than in 2020.

The shift contributed to Trump's improved margins in battleground states like North Carolina and Georgia, where his share of the Black vote rose by 5 percentage points over 2020 levels.

Black women overwhelmingly voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, however, with 91 percent of the vote, according to NBC's exit poll, a one-point rise on President Joe Biden's result in 2020.

When it came to Hispanic voters, Trump showed the best results for a Republican candidate in over 52 years.

"If the 2016 election was about Donald Trump breaking through with white, working class voters this election was about breaking through, going through that Democratic Party coalition and tearing it apart," Enten said.

Trump gained ground among all voters in 49 states and Washington, D.C., in Tuesday's vote, something not seen for any party since 1992 when Bill Clinton won the presidency.

"No matter where you looked on the map, Donald Trump was improving on where he did four years ago, except for Washington State," Enten said.

Trump managed to win over more men and white women, despite concerns around abortion, while also welcoming more first-time voters.

The shift trickled down into Senate races, where Republicans managed to flip the chamber. The House result was still unclear Friday morning, as around 25 races were still to be called.