WATCH: CNN Hosts Melt Down Over Poll Showing Trump’s Gains With Minorities

CNN found themselves at the center of attention as they discussed a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College, which showed former President Donald Trump’s rising popularity among minority voters.

The poll, which has caused some concern among Democrats, indicated that a significant number of black and Hispanic voters believe Trump’s policies have been more beneficial to them than President Joe Biden’s.

During the segment, host Laura Coates dove into the implications of the poll’s findings, particularly focusing on the shift in minority voter support towards Trump. The suggestion that Trump’s policies could be viewed more favorably by these communities than Biden’s—despite the latter’s concerted efforts to court minority voters—provoked a strong response on the show.

Coates asked Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), “Is that alarming to you? That nothing that the Biden campaign has said or done to this point has brought that at least closer than it is right now in this polling.”

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“The Biden administration has an incredible track record of support in making sure that it is working at all times to build an economy from the middle out and the bottom up as opposed to the top down,” Jeffries argued.

In the poll, American voters revealed a noticeable preference for the policies of  Trump over those of Joe Biden. This is the first time since the 1912 election—when Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft vied for the presidency—that voters have the opportunity to directly compare the records of two individuals who have served as president.

According to the poll, 40% of voters said that Trump’s policies had personally benefited them, which is a stark contrast to the 18% who said the same about Biden’s policies. On top of this, 43% of respondents believe that Biden’s initiatives have adversely affected them, nearly double the share who reported negative impacts from Trump’s policies.

The discrepancy highlighted the trend of former presidents being viewed more favorably after leaving office. One Gallup poll from June reflected the general increase in approval ratings for ex-presidents, with job performance approval jumping an average of 12 percentage points post-presidency—a phenomenon that Trump also enjoys.

The preference for Trump’s policies is particularly noteworthy, even among demographics that have been targeted by policies Democrats considered key motivators for the 2024 elections. This suggests that, for many Americans, economic issues weigh heavily in their political assessments and preferences.

The New York Times reported:

For the candidates’ own supporters, views of their policies seem to match their enthusiasm gap. Half of Mr. Biden’s 2020 supporters said his policies have not made much of a difference for them either way. The vast majority of Mr. Trump’s 2020 supporters said that his policies had helped them.

In fact, among the small number of Mr. Biden’s 2020 supporters who said they planned to vote for Mr. Trump this fall, nearly 60 percent said Mr. Biden’s policies had hurt them. Only a handful said his policies had helped them.

Mr. Biden is, however, winning among the sizable groups of voters who say that either his policies or Mr. Trump’s have not made much of a difference.

And going back to that race in 1912, who did voters end up choosing? Neither Taft, the incumbent, nor Roosevelt, his predecessor and challenger. Woodrow Wilson defeated both of them.