Latino voters increase confidence in Donald Trump

Broadcaster exit polls americana NBC show that Latino voters’ confidence in Donald Trump reached an all-time high of 45%, 13 points higher than in the 2020 elections, when he lost the election to Democrat Joe Biden.

This growth of Trump made the president-elect surpass the support given to another Republican president in 2004, George W. Bush, who at the time received 44% of the Latino vote in the USA.

Polls showed that there has been a variation in votes among Latino voters in recent years. In 2012, the left won a landslide victory among the electorate, with 71% of Latinos voting for former Democratic President Barack Obama. In 2016, lower support was noted for Hilary Clinton, which was close to 66%. Biden received 65% support in 2020.

According to NBCHarris underperformed the current president in every swing state except Wisconsin. Its worst results occurred in Michigan, where it had 35% support against 59% for Biden in 2020. In Pennsylvania, 57% of Latino voters were in favor of the Democrat (Biden reached 78% in 2020).

The American press attributes the increase in confidence in Donald Trump to voters’ dissatisfaction with the economy, mainly in relation to the high cost of food and housing in the country.