Citing poverty, high unemployment and broken education systems, Donald Trump on Friday attempted to appeal to African-American voters with the simple question: “What the hell do you have to lose?”

“Look at how much African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump?” he asked at a rally in Michigan.

"You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good. You have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed, what the hell do you have to lose? " he added.

The Republican presidential nominee also guaranteed, if elected, he would win 95 percent of black voters in his re-election bid in four years.

Most surveys now show Trump polling in the low single digits among African-American voters. Mitt Romney earned the support of about six percent of black voters in 2012.