Washington, United States /
Latino male voters almost equally support Kamala Harris already donald trump while the women they prefer to Democratic vice president against the Republican candidate, the NALEO fund stated this Wednesday.
In a survey carried out a couple of weeks ago, the trend of Latino votewho tend to lean toward Democrats.
Harris got around 59 percent of support in the voting intention of Latinos compared to the tycoon’s 31%, said Arturo Vargas, executive director of the Educational Fund of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), in a press conference.
But there is “a very significant gap in candidate preferences among Latinas and Latinos,” he said.
“Latinas are much more likely to support the vice president,” with around 60 percent supportwhile men are divided between Harris (46%) and Trump (42%), according to a survey carried out in California, he pointed out.
According to him, it looks “the same kind of trend all over the country“.
Black voters lean towards former President Trump
Harris is also losing support among black male voters, compared to other Democrats at this point in the campaign.
The Republican is doing quite well despite his untimely comments.
On Tuesday at a rally in Georgia, one of the states that could decide the election resultstated that African-Americans and Latinos who vote for Harris need “to examine their heads“.
At least 17 million Hispanics will vote in these elections
The Latino electorate is highly coveted in the so-called hinge or pendulum stateswho do not clearly lean towards a party.
And it is that “at least 17.5 million Latinos will vote“at the national level in the elections of November 5a “record” number, says Vargas.
So if you “ignore the latino votersyou are leaving votes on the table,” he adds.
“If efforts are made to talk to Latinos about the issues they consider important,” such as the economy, then “they are persuasive” by both parties, he points out. Rosalind Goldthe Fund’s head of public policy, at the same press conference.
The number of Latino congressmen will probably increase after these elections, in which not only is the president elected, but the entire House of Representatives and part of the Senate.
The number of Latinos in the Senate could increase from five to seven, according to NALEO.
Of the five incumbents, Republican Ted Cruz is the only one running for re-election and “has good prospects for victory,” he adds.
In the House of Representatives The figure could go from 48 to 50.
Of the current 48, 43 are running for reelection and 36 “have excellent prospects for reelection,” the Fund concludes.
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