One Chicago resident complained how prices went up in the past four years
Better off now than 4 years ago? Black voters in major cities have something to say
Americans across the nation from Detroit, Chicago and Atlanta perturbed over inflation in the current economy.
Black voters across several states spoke with Fox News Digital about whether they were far better off 4 years ago under former President Trump. Voters from Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit shared if their financial situations had improved or gotten worse since the Biden-Harris administration took over.
One Black man from Chicago said that he has been "shaking" under the current economy.
"[The economy has gotten] really moreso worse. A lot of stuff hasn’t really been getting better," Emmanuel told Fox News Digital. "Everything went up."
"Inflation has been terrible. And the person that was in the office there, he wasn't really doing too much for us," Atlanta resident Marcellus said.
Marcellus, based in Atlanta, spoke with Fox News Digital about crime, the economy, and the election on Tuesday. (Fox News Digital)
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"When Trump was in office, it was gas prices that were lower," he added.
However, several voters said because Harris has not served as president, led them to believe she still has a chance to prove herself.
"Kamala, from my understanding, has never really been in office as the president like that … she has been vice president," said Porter, a student at Harold Washington College in Chicago.
Porter, who lived in the Windy City his entire life, said "I would say that I would have no answer for that. But I believe that when Kamala is elected towards office, her policies and what she believes in will better fit my needs as a person."
Anneliese, another Chicago resident, said that she "was absolutely not better under the Trump presidency."
"Well, I wasn't under Kamala's leadership as president. I was under her vice presidency, so she was never president. Some people also get that messed up," she said. "Ever since Trump started running, I experienced a lot more … racial discrimination, gender discrimination. And I can't speak to the Kamala presidency because she hasn't been president yet."
Voters from Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit shared in detail if their financial situations had improved or gotten worse four years ago. (Fox News Digital)
In Atlanta, Tim, raised the fact that Harris has never served as president.
"That's a question that we don't know yet. Right? Kamala not even in office yet, so we can't speak on it," Tim said. "We just want to speak from what we can see, we have experience living under. So I guess you won't have to just wait for Kamala and see what Trump did."
Over in Michigan, Black voters weighed in on whether they were better off under either candidate, with one of them saying that Harris "did not do anything."
Ithmamqureshi told Fox News Digital that he was better off under Trump."Obviously, life was better and all that," Ithmamqureshi, a student in Detroit and Hamtramck native, told Fox News Digital. "The economy was better … life was better. COVID did take a hit and change everything to the fullest. But I would say life was better before 2020."
"I want be biased, but I want to say I think its time for history to be made. I just think that its going to be a woman president," Detroit resident Mandela said.
"Trump. Them [stimulus checks] was fire tho," east side Detroit resident Keandre said. "Definitely, when Trump was in office, it was gas prices that were lower."
Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.
Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.
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