HOUSTON – These two black voters have broken in opposite directions in the 2024 election – and it shows just how much former President Donald Trump has shaken old party loyalties.

George Smith, 67, said he voted for Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday because he believes she is the best candidate on the economy.

On the other hand, Johnny Mitchell, 47, said he’s all for Trump because he believes the former president’s goal “is for the country to come together and be in a better place than it was before.”

While Trump has made strides in getting more votes from the black community, Smith told The Post he’s not convinced by his outreach and urged fellow blacks not to vote for Trump.

“I want to talk to the black men right now… there have been rumors that you don’t want to get behind Kamala Harris. This is a sister, we have to support her,” Smith said.

“The first day (Trump) is in office, he wants the police to do brutality, blood and brutality against us. We are already being targeted, so we need to change that. We must not vote for someone who wants to harm us,” he said.

Mitchell said his vote transcends the color of his skin.

“More than just a matter of color, I personally think that if Kamala had been the best candidate to begin with, President Biden would have supported her from the start and put her in front. I just think the economy was in a better place when Trump was in office,” Mitchell said.

Both Smith and Mitchell cast their votes in Harris County, Texas, which Biden won with 56% of the vote in 2020.

More than 100,000 voters turned out in the pouring rain on Tuesday morning, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Democrats had nearly 90% support from the black community four years ago, but the tide is slowly turning. According to one The New York Times/Siena College poll released last month found about 15 percent of black likely voters said they would vote for Trump, marking a six-point jump for the 45th president in 2020.

In Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, black voters support Trump at 22 percent, up from 8 percent in 2020.

Mark Fisher, who co-founded a Black Lives Matter chapter in Rhode Islandrecently announced his support for Trump after being a lifelong Democrat.

“We’ve been used and abused so much by that party that I don’t value our vote,” Fisher said. “Their policies are basically racist policies. I think it’s a racist party. Donald Trump is the exact opposite. He will tell you how it is. He will give it to you directly.”

“Trump has done more for the black community than any president I can think of in my lifetime,” he continued.

Also at the polls on Tuesday was Selena Hall, who said she was voting for the first time in her life. She told The Post it was an “emotional” moment. Hall, a 26-year-old Hispanic woman, voted for Trump because she is concerned about the economy.

“The economy is definitely the biggest problem. The price of everything is only increasing and these poor families can’t even afford anything. It’s my first time voting, so it definitely has a big impact on everyone. It’s also really exciting, super exciting, like I get to do this,” Hall said.

“Now that I’m living on my own and paying for my own things and doing my own things, I’m starting to understand now, the older you get, the more you understand about this economy and how bad it’s been. Go Trump!”