A top ally and potential running mate of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November’s elections. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black Republican in the Senate.
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Tim Scott , R-S.C., speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. A top ally of former President Donald Trump — and a potential running mate — is launching a new effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November’s elections. South Carolina Sen.
The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.The campaign will include canvassing, digital advertising, direct mail, events and appearances by Scott and other elected officials in minority communities that Scott said Republicans have too often avoided.
At the same time, national Democrats are investing heavily in stopping Trump from making inroads with a core constituency. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black vice president, last weekby pointing to their efforts to boost funding for those schools, forgive federal student loan debt and pardon those sentenced for simple marijuana possession.
Even a small shift of only a few percentage points with minority voters could make the difference in what is expected to be an exceptionally close election that will be decided in a handful of battleground states. In 2020, nonwhite voters overwhelmingly backed Biden, regardless of education level, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive national survey of the electorate. About one-quarter of nonwhite voters supported Trump that year.
Scott has made several of his own appearances with Trump, including at fundraisers, and frequently defends him on television. Trump has joked that Scott has been a far better surrogate for the former president’s campaign than he was a candidate.in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up hush money payments to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign.
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