In the wake of former President Donald Trump's Georgia booking and the frenzy over Trump's mugshot, Republicans are increasingly optimistic that may win over substantial amounts of black voters as support for President Joe Biden among the demographic appears to be waning.

Polling data over the past month appears to show substantial movement away from Biden and toward Trump in terms of their 2024 voting intentions. Even the day before Trump's booking in Georgia, a McLaughlin and Associates August monthly survey showed the former president defeating Biden in a general election rematch 47% to 43%. That survey further showed Trump claim 21% support among black voters to Biden's 68%, with 11% undecided.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters did not disclose a margin of error. Still, those figures represent an upward trend from the same survey's July iteration. The earlier survey saw Trump edge out Biden 46% to 44%, though the incumbent commander-in-chief took 80% of the black vote to Trump's 9%, with 11% undecided. Collectively, the polls show a 24% swing of black voters from Biden to Trump during the one-month interval.

"Yes, we're seeing that where Donald Trump in his first race, he got 8% and the African American vote, then he got to 12% in 2020. It's going to be even higher now where it could approach 20%," pollster John McLaughlin said Monday on the "Just the News, No Noise" television show.