saturday. smerconish is up next. voting with conviction. i m michael smerconish. can anything shake donald trump s hold on the republican nomination? the polls are nothing if not consistent. here s what they show. joe biden and donald trump are the likely favorites to win their party s presidential nomination. as of today, that matchup is close viewed nationally or by battleground states, it s probably trump who is in the lead. polls show americans overwhelmingly think the country is headed in the wrong direction. trump benefits from the perception that he s best for the economy and kept the united states out of war. biden perceived by many as being too old for the job, of course, as bad as the polling has been for biden, tuesday s off year elections for big for the democrats. big in ohio, kentucky, virginia. from the day after coverage in the washington post, there was this. for democrats, tuesday s results were an ant dote. polls don t vote. it quickly became a post tue
times that he s losing support amongst groups that he must wip. he cannot just win voters of color. he must win big. and right now, he s running even with trump in one crucial group. today why more men of color are backing trump and the states where those votes could be decisive. plus the white house hosted an event this week, but some guests rejected the invitation because of the handling of israel s war. we ll talk to one of them. and it s veterans day. we ll look at the push to further recognize the contributions of black veterans. i m victor black well. let s start the show. there s a new cnn poll of recommegistered voters this wee the news is not good for the president. he s running nearly even with donald trump among men of color. 49 and 46 with trump at 49. that s within the margin of error, but that s remarkable. in 2020 biden won men of color by 34 pointings. he won black men by 60 points. la tee know men, 23. and sure the election is not going to be held today.