Biden, Trump Ratchet Up Appeals to Black Voters

President Trump courts this historically significant Democratic voting bloc while President Biden labors to stem the loss of support.
Biden, Trump Ratchet Up Appeals to Black Voters
A man holds a "Blacks for Trump" sign as he waits to see Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at an event in Sterling Heights, Mich., on Nov. 6, 2016. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are making overt appeals to black voters in an election cycle when political loyalties are shifting, and the race may be won or lost by small margins in a handful of battleground states.

One measure of the candidate’s urgency is the early vitriol in campaign advertising, with each accusing the other of racism.