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By Martha McHardy
US News Reporter
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Kamala Harris has the same approval rating among Black women as President Biden, according to a new poll, which must come as a blow to the Vice President as Biden's electoral fortunes falter.
And it comes as a surprise, as Black women have been pivotal for securing Harris her spot on the ticket.
The poll, conducted by Split Ticket between July 12 and 14, asked Black voters in battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin about their opinions on Harris, as well as Biden and Donald Trump.
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According to the poll, if the 2024 election was a toss up between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, 76 percent of Black voters would vote for Biden, compared to 17 percent for Trump. The gender split was 72 per cent of male voters and 79 percent of females backing Biden.
In contrast, 12 percent of Black women and 23 percent of Black men said they would vote Trump.
But if the election were a toss up between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the results were virtually the same, with an equal proportion of voters opting for Harris over Trump, and a split of 79 percent of Black women and 73 percent of Black men preferring the Vice President.
Twelve percent of Black women and 24 percent of Black men preferred Trump.
Newsweek has contacted the Biden and Harris campaigns for comment.
The 1,011 sample size of the poll was relatively small with a +/-3 margin of error, meaning these results may not represent what is going on at a national scale.
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Black voters are a core group of the Democratic Party, comprising roughly 25 percent of its total voters.
Black women have been credited with helping propel Biden to the presidency in 2020, and they have been the most consistently supportive bloc for Biden since his time as Barack Obama's vice president.
A poll conducted by The Cut before the first head-to-head debate of the 2024 election cycle found support for Biden is highest amongst Black women ages 35 to 55 with 68 percent saying they would vote for him, compared to 58 percent of Black women aged 18 to 34.
The survey also found that more Black women approved of Harris's job performance than Biden's. Sixty-eight percent approved of how the vice-president is handling her role, compared to 63 percent in Biden's case.
Harris has been floated as a potential replacement for Biden as the Democratic candidate for president since the Biden's disastrous debate performance last month in which he muddled his words and appeared to lose his train of thought.
If elected, she would be the first female Black president in the U.S.
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