The latino voters increased by 13 points his support to the candidate and now president-elect donald trump in these elections, until reaching the 45% of that electorate. The figure is above record among Republican presidential candidates, who belonged to George W. Bush since 2004.
According to NBC exit polls, released this Wednesday, the Democratic candidate and vice president, Kamala Harris, got 53% of the Hispanic vote in this Tuesday’s elections. This number is well below Joe Biden’s 65% in the 2020 elections, Hillary Clinton’s 66% in 2016, or the 71% Hispanic support for Barack Obama.
Harris performed worse among Hispanic voters than Biden in every election. hinge stateswith the exception of Wisconsinwhere it improved by a single percentage point. The largest exodus of Latino votes for Harris occurred in Michiganwith a drop of 24 points to 35% support, and in Pennsylvaniawhere voters abandoned the Democrat by 21 percentage points compared to Biden, who in 2020 achieved up to 57%.
Also notable were the falls in the vote in favor of Harris in Floridawhere the decline compared to 2020 was 11 points, or in Texaswhere the drop in Latin support was 15 points.
Trump obtained a clear mandate in these elections by winning five of the seven states considered pivotal in these elections, and waiting for the results of the vote to be projected in Nevada and Arizona, where the Republican also maintains an advantage.
Latinos, a very diverse group dispersed throughout the country, have been essential in Trump’s electoral victory, which decided to attract them influencing economic proposals, fighting inflation, job creation and ensuring that the immigration policy of the current Government also affected them negatively.
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