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SHRIMP AND GRITS WITH A SIDE OF POLITICAL CONVERSATION.
SOUNDBITE (English) Addul Ali, Kannapolis, North Carolina Resident:
"There's a modicum of truth to that unicorn thing"
AT THIS LUNCH TABLE IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, THERE'S UNABASHED SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
SOUNDBITE (English) Kimberly Marshall, Charlotte, North Carolina Resident:
"He's delivered on quite a few promises that he's made but nobody wants to admit that."
ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, IN 2016, 81 PERCENT OF BLACK MALE VOTERS CAST THEIR BALLOTS FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
FOR BLACK WOMEN, THAT NUMBER ROSE TO 98 PERCENT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Daela Fraser, Raleigh, North Carolina Resident:
"I think when I would debate students on campus they would definitely listen."
IN THIS BATTLEGROUND STATE, DAELA FRASIER WISHES THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD DO MORE TO REACH OUT TO BLACK COMMUNITIES.
SOUNDBITE (English) Daela Fraser, Raleigh, North Carolina Resident:
"I've never seen anyone from the right knock come to my community door, knock on my door and explain to me anything."
TRUMP HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR REPEATEDLY SAYING HE'S DONE MORE FOR BLACK AMERICANS THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT – BUT THESE THREE AGREE.
SOUNDBITE (English) Addul Ali, Kannapolis, North Carolina Resident:
"You'll have to explain to me why as a racist, he would provide historical levels of funding for historically Black colleges and universities. You'll have to explain to me opportunity zones. I never heard a word about Donald Trump being racist until he came down the escalator."
BEING BLACK SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY'RE USED TO GETTING A DOUBLE TAKE.
THIS TIME WAS NO DIFFERENT – AS A YOUNG COUPLE WHO ASKED TO STAY OFF CAMERA PULLED UP THEIR CHAIRS TO LISTEN …
SOUNDBITE (English) unidentified speaker:
"I never seen three black Republicans. Never in my life."
… AND ALSO DEBATE
SOUNDBITE (English) unidentified speaker:
"He's got kids in cages. I cannot agree with that on any level."
SOUNDBITE (English) Daela Fraser, Raleigh, North Carolina Resident:
"You're here, I'm here. Let's talk about the differences about why you believe this way, I believe here."
JUST WEEKS FROM ELECTION DAY, THIS GROUP IS BANKING ON ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.
SARAH BLAKE MORGAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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