Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) predicted that former President Donald Trump‘s support among minority voters would continue to grow because these voters are seeking “a new home” in the political sphere.
Recent polling data have indicated the former president has made ground in reaching out to black and Latino voters, with his support for black voters up by 19 points and his support for Latino voters up by 8 points compared to four years ago. Sanders was asked if she was concerned these voting blocs could decide to stick with supporting Biden this November, as data in 2020 indicated Democratic support from these voters was slipping about four months before the election.
“I don’t think that that’s home for African Americans or Hispanics,” Sanders said on Fox News’s America’s Newsroom. “I think they’re looking for a new home because what they’ve experienced under this administration has not been positive. They haven’t been doing things and passing policies that empower those communities, certainly not in the same way that Donald Trump did. I think they are looking for a new place to go, and they found it in Donald Trump.”
Sanders noted this year’s presidential election is unique because voters will get to reflect on how their lives were during Trump’s and Biden’s presidencies and ask whose leadership they preferred. She contended that this question has an “extremely clear” answer and that Trump’s support will increase ahead of Election Day.
Trump’s campaign has made an effort to court minority voters, a demographic Biden overwhelmingly won in 2020. The campaign announced on Saturday a new group intended to win over black voters and discussed this new group during a visit Trump made to a predominantly black church in Detroit.
On Wednesday, Trump’s team opened a campaign office in Reading, Pennsylvania, meant to win over Latino voters in the state. The state is considered by many to be one of the most important to win in the Electoral College and was won by Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020.
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Sanders was also asked about abortion access and whether this could damper Trump’s chances at winning the election, as this topic has been a largely winning one for Democrats in the wake of Roe v. Wade getting overturned. The Arkansas governor dismissed these concerns, arguing that Democrats are trying to make “this entire election” about this topic but would not be successful.
Sanders was considered a possible candidate for Trump’s vice president in 2024, and rumors are circulating about Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Ben Carson, and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). When asked about the possibility of being Trump’s vice president in January, Sanders said she loves working as governor and wishes to continue doing it for another seven years.
