In the last Democratic debate, Bernie Sanders answered a question about his poor standing with black voters by reeling off poll numbers in Trump fashion and claiming essentially that black people just hadn't heard of him. But the Monmouth poll actually shows that Bernie Sanders is losing black support.
Clinton has lost ground with nearly every major Democratic voting bloc since December. Her biggest drops have come among self-described liberals, going from a 57% – 31% advantage over Sanders one month ago to a 42% – 51% deficit in the current poll. She has also dropped significantly among women (from a 64% – 19% lead last month to a smaller 54% – 35% edge now) and voters under the age of 50 (from a 52% – 35% lead to a 39% – 52% shortfall).
These are bad numbers, but she does have the edge in the black vote.
Black and Latino voters, who will comprise a large share of the vote in South Carolina and Nevada as well as in many Super Tuesday states, solidly support her by a 71% – 21% margin, which is actually an increase over her 61% – 18% lead last month.
That's a sizable increase. And it's also a drop for Bernie Sanders despite the Killer Mike endorsement that white hipster Bernie fans can't get enough of.
The left loves touting a demographic minority political firewall, but in this case the firewall is working for Hillary and against them.