Results suggest Trump made more gains with Latinos [View all]

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Source: Axios

4 hours ago


Latino voters in Florida and Texas helped propel former President Trump to victories Tuesday in counties where Democrats had an edge in the past two presidential elections.

Why it matters: Most Latinos still vote Democratic, but the results suggested that as a bloc this fast-growing segment of the electorate — now about 20% of the population — is continuing to slowly shift to the right.

Tuesday's results also suggest that many Latinos share Trump's concerns about illegal immigration, despite the racist rhetoric he's used to describe undocumented Latinos.

Zoom in: In winning Florida, Trump got more than 54% of the vote in Miami-Dade County, which is majority Latino.

Hillary Clinton won that county with 63% of the vote in 2016, and President Biden won it with 53% in 2020.

But Republicans have made massive inroads in Miami-Dade, where traditionally conservative Cuban Americans make up about half of the Latino population.

In Hidalgo County, in South Texas — a Mexican American stronghold that Biden won with 58% of the vote in 2020 — Vice President Harris and Trump were virtually tied early Wednesday, with Harris leading by less than half a percentage point.

In Cameron County, at the southern tip of Texas' Rio Grande Valley, Trump led Harris, 52-47, according to early results. Biden won that county with 56% of the vote four years ago.

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