President Trump earned a 19% job approval rating from black voters in the latest Fox News poll as the Trump reelection campaign works to double the 8% support he received from this cohort four years ago.

Trump's team is spending tens of millions of dollars to woo black voters in the November election, deploying a massive field and data program to target a voting bloc that for decades has overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party. Until all campaigns were forced online by the coronavirus pandemic, that investment included opening special campaign field offices in urban neighborhoods in key battleground states designed to cater to black voters.

In the Fox News survey, which was conducted April 4-7, 13% of registered black voters said they "somewhat approve" of Trump's job performance, with 6% saying they "strongly approve."

Nevertheless, in a head-to-head matchup with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, Trump fell short of his goal of doubling his performance with black voters, trailing the former vice president 66% to 10%. The other 24% were undecided, backing another candidate, or not voting.

In exit polls from 2016, 89% of black voters said they voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Still, turnout in black strongholds in states such as Michigan and Wisconsin was not sufficient for a Clinton victory, so Biden will have to generate more enthusiasm for his candidacy that Clinton did.

The poll has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points.

