CHANGE: ‘Black men love Trump’ dooms Democrats with 42% support.

In a new Cygnal survey shared with Secrets, Trump has a shocking 42% approval rating from black men, a massive edge over any past Republican president.

Brock McCleary, Cygnal vice president of polling, told Secrets, “Forty-two percent of black men approving of Trump’s job so far is no small thing. Unlike Democrats’ approach previously, this isn’t about placation or offering new attractive policies with no follow-through. His popularity and approval surges because he does the things he says he’ll do — and that’s a breath of fresh air for everyone.”

McCleary, who polled for Trump in 2016 and Vivek Ramaswamy last year, added, “In the pre-Trump era, these numbers for a Republican would be aspirational rather than realistic. In the thicket of this new Trump era, these gains among black Americans are noteworthy and certainly beyond a threshold of statistical normality. It boils down to follow-through, which is the most elusive of traits for politicians.”

Even if Cygnal’s numbers are off by 50% — nearly impossible for any pollster not named J. Ann Selzer — Trump has a Reagan-like approval rating from black men. If Cygnal’s numbers are correct, Trump is performing significantly better with them than Reagan did.

Exit quote: “The results match other recent polls, including a John Zogby Strategies survey featured in Secrets that showed the so-called Obama coalition swinging behind Trump.”