E-Blast: Black Voters Reveal Deep Concern on Abortion Restrictions and Gun Violence. Subscribe To BlackTrack for Monthly Insight on Black Voters

JULY 28, 2022

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Public Safety, Race and Racism, Reproductive Justice, African-Americans, Women

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Black Voters Reveal Deep Concern on Abortion Restrictions and Gun Violence. Subscribe To BlackTrack for Monthly Insight on Black Voters

We fielded the latest BlackTrack survey after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and observed significant shifts in Black voter attitudes toward the Supreme Court, abortion access, and gun violence.

Following a significant increase in Supreme Court approval during Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process, voter approval of SCOTUS justices plummeted from 63% in March to 42% this month.
President Biden and Democrats’ approval ratings slightly increased since the last survey, registering at 77% and 76% amongst all Black voters.

BlackTrack follows the socio-politico attitudes of Black voters over time and disaggregates the data into demographic groups to understand the full diversity of Black voters’ opinions. Most data from the monthly survey of 1,000 Black voters is proprietary and available for subscribers. Subscribe at  hitstrat.com/blacktrack. 

See more selected results below.

The Supreme Court’s approval rating has dropped significantly, showing the lowest approval in the survey’s history.

Black voters indicated inflation/cost of living and gun violence as two of their communities’ most significant problems.

Inflation/cost of living, crime and violence, and jobs/increasing wages were chosen as the top issues President Biden should prioritize and focus on.

83% of Black voters are concerned about the Supreme Court overturning Roe.

34% of Black voters believe the issue of abortion access is extremely important in their decision to vote in the upcoming midterm election.

Black voters believe Black people and LGBTQ+ people will experience the most difficulty in accessing reproductive health care.

An overwhelming majority of Black voters are likely to vote for candidates in the House and Senate that will pass legislation protecting abortion rights nationally and state and local offices that will pass legislation protecting abortion rights statewide.