Michael Lindell’s first vote for US president was for a man who, like him, is Black. Four years later he cast another ballot for Barack Obama. But then he became a Donald Trump supporter.
“The first time I voted for Trump, I was a little bit reluctant because I was conditioned to just vote Democratic,” said Lindell, wearing a red Make America Great Again hat at a Trump rally outside Atlanta this week. “This time I’m voting un-reluctantly. Trump opened my eyes to lots of things.”
Other Black voters, who make up 33 per cent of the electorate in the key swing state of Georgia, appear to be following Lindell’s lead, creating a new problem for Kamala Harris’s bid to win the White House.