The vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris surpasses in Latino voting intention to his Republican opponent, former president donald trumpbut it has the minor advantage of a Democratic candidate in the last four electionsaccording to a survey of Telemundo, NBC News and CNBC published this Sunday.
Harris leads but with narrowest gap since 2012
Harris achieved a 54 percent of voting intention compared to Trump’s 40% in a poll with thousand registered Latino voters in USAheld in English and Spanish between September 15 and 23 and with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
The advantage of 14 percentage points of Harris about Trump improves what the president had Joe Biden before withdrawing his candidacy for re-election this past July, but the number represents the narrowest margin for a Democratic candidate since 2012, indicates CNBC.
A 54 percent of respondents He also indicated that he prefers Congress to be controlled by Democrats, compared to 42% who prefers Republicans, which also represents the Smallest Democratic lead since 2012.
Inflation and the cost of living, an area where Trump leads
The survey shows that the cost of living and inflationas well as jobs and the economy, are the themes of greatest concern for Latinos, in line with the general trend in the United States, and those are the issues in which trump has a better score.
46 percent of respondents They said they preferred Trump compared to 37% Harris at the time of tackle inflationand on economic issues in general the Republican candidatealso prevails (45% vs. 41%).
Regarding other topics, Harris surpasses Trump with the biggest advantage (39 percentage points) in deal human and protection of migrants’ rights, followed by the abortion issue (32 points).
Division in the Latino community over immigration issues
However, the survey reflects diversity of the Latin community in USA and his division on migration issues: For example, 62 percent expressed that migration helps more than what harms and 35% the opposite, this last percentage being the highest among Latinos in two decadescollect Telemundo.
Apart from that, 52 percent considered most important provide a path to citizenship for migrants and avoid discriminationcompared to 47% who advocated making the border safer and stopping the illegal crossing of migrants.
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