The campaign of the former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump said Thursday that he trusts in the support of Americans of Latin origin in the next presidential elections since “they are increasingly Republican,” as demonstrated by the fact that the vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is spending “more money than ever” to regain their support.
“She’s spending more money than (US President) Joe Biden has ever spent, and one of the reasons they’re spending it is because they can’t get her support and they’re trying to make up ground.”Trump campaign chief pollster noted in a call with the media, Tony Fabrizio.
In 2016, Fabrizio explained, Hillary Clinton He won among Hispanics by 38 points over President Trump (who won the election that year); in 2020, Joe Biden won by 33 points against Trump and this year, nationally, “Trump is between nine and 11 points behind Kamala Harris.”
“We’re talking about a variation of almost 20 points at the national level,” said the expert, who stressed the importance of current polls showing that Trump “is leading or tied” with Harris in two key states, Arizona y Nevadawhich have the largest Hispanic population of the seven swing states.
Known as such for their close results, these states will be key to victory in the upcoming presidential elections on November 5, which will pit Harris against Trump.
“Hispanic voters in those particular states are so unhappy with the economy, inflation, jobs, all those things.”he noted.
In these states, he added, Latinos “are much more in tune with what white voters feel than African-American voters” and therefore “are behaving politically and socioeconomically more like white voters than voters of other minorities.”
Although at first glance one might think that they would “disagree with President Trump’s immigration positions or things of that nature,” polls show that “in Arizona and Nevada in particular, what citizens are most concerned about is the border and border security.”
“Two-thirds of Hispanic voters are now second and third generation (…) and as they reach higher economic status we see their loyalties shift politically”he explained.
Thus, there are “a series of things that are happening demographically within the Hispanic community” that are changing their voting trends.
For example, “Hispanics are moving from being Catholic to becoming evangelical Christians and with that they are changing from being Democrats to Republicans,” the expert added.
“What we’re seeing is that the combination of the economic climate, the combination of personal security concerns and their desire to realize the American dream is driving them to the Republican Party.”he concluded.
In this context, Trump campaign senior adviser, Danielle Alvareznoted that since “this election will be won in the key states,” Trump has constantly visited the states with the largest Latino populations, Arizona and Nevada, but also others such as Pennsylvania.
“The campaign is making sure that we are making that important outreach to Hispanic voters.”he said. In Pennsylvania, for example, where there is a large Puerto Rican community, an intense campaign is being carried out to reach out “by mail, by digital means” and, above all, with Trump coming to “deliver his message in person.”
The senator for the Florida, Marco Rubiowho said that life for Latinos in the United States is much worse now than during the Republican presidency.
“Life in America was better when Donald Trump was president than it has been for nearly four years under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. By every measure, our economy was stronger, the country was safer, and America was more respected in the world, safer from our adversaries.”he pointed out. EFE (I)
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