Donald Trump is gaining appeal with Latino and black voters as he prepares to face Kamala Harris in this year's US Presidential election, it has been claimed.
The former US President has seen an increase in both Hispanic and black voters in recent months, with a new poll sharing the latest figures.
According to AP-NORC, four in 10 Hispanic voters see Trump positively, and 30 per cent of black voters hold a favourable view of Trump.
Speaking to GBN America, political commentator Tiana Lowe Doescher claimed that this year's battle between Trump and Harris has become the "identity politics election".
Donald Trump won only 8 per cent of black voters in 2020 and 38 per cent of Hispanic voters
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Sharing her thoughts on the recent polling, Doescher said that Trump's newfound appeal is something which has "never happened in modern Republican history".
She told GBNA: "This really is the identity politics election, which is kind of ironic because that's not borne out in the polling.
"Trump only won with 8 per cent of black voters back in 2020. And now, if you look at some polls, he's getting well into the double digits with black voters."
Noting the Latino Republican supporters, Doescher revealed that figures are "almost at a 60 to 40 split".
Kamala Harris was officially unveiled as Trump's election rival at the Democratic convention on Monday
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She added: "With Latino voters, it's even closer. It's coming closer to a 60 to 40 split, which has never happened in modern Republican history.
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"Even though there is this hyper-focus on categorising everyone based on race, this election is really breaking down more on gender lines."
Turning the discussion to another key issue in the election and the ongoing Democratic National Committee (DNC) convention, Doescher told GBNA that abortion is also a main talking point amongst US voters.
Kamala Harris was met with pro-abortion demonstrators in Chicago as she was officially declared the Democratic candidate at the convention. Members of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising took to the streets in protest of the Democrats and their proposed legislation.
Doescher claimed there is "not much that the Democrats can run against Trump with" in the election campaign, including abortion.
Tiana Lowe Doescher said Trump's approval ratings amongst Latino and black voters are increasing
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Doescher explained: "Because there isn't too much of a focus on the economy here, there's not a lot for these Democrats to really run against Trump with, especially when it comes to something like abortion.
"Donald Trump actually differentiated himself from the rest of the Republican primary field when he said he doesn't believe in passing a federal abortion restriction of any kind, early term or late-term."
Detailing the abortion rallies in Chicago, she added that protesters had tied in the issue of abortion with the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
She said: "At yesterday's abortion rally, there were posters that said Palestinian liberation is a reproductive justice issue. Voters specifically cite both Israel's war with Gaza, as well as the fact that Roe v Wade was overturned under Joe Biden's presidency.
"And they believe that Donald Trump's Project 2025 would somehow seek to enact more federal abortion restrictions, which the Trump campaign has said it won't. And so even though they pose both issues as existential, most of them that we've been interviewing at these protests will not vote for Harris."
