WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris holds a commanding lead with Latino voters over former President Trump, with a margin that tracks carefully with President Biden’s 2020 benefit, in response to a brand new nationwide ballot of 1,500 Latino voters.
Harris leads 57% to 33% within the Nationwide Hispanic Voters Public Opinion Survey performed by Florida Worldwide College in Miami, taken between Oct. 10-22. That’s near Biden’s 59% to 38% lead over Trump within the 2020 election estimated by the Pew Analysis Heart.
Democrats can be pleased with these outcomes after different polls and elections have proven the social gathering slipping with Latino voters lately. Biden had solely 41% Latino assist in a July ballot taken shortly after his poor debate efficiency.
“This distinction is defined by the departure of the President and the arrival of Kamala Harris,” stated Eduardo Gamarra, director of the Latino Public Opinion Discussion board at FIU’s Gordon Institute. “President Trump has had very, very steady and constant assist.”
Each candidates have been courting Latino voters closely, given their rising numbers in key swing states comparable to Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Harris taped an interview Friday morning in Las Vegas with Raúl Molinar, host of “El Bueno La Mala y El Feo” (The Good, the Unhealthy and the Ugly), a syndicated present streamed on Univision radio.
The ballot had various notable findings:
Practically one in 5 voters stated they’d be motivated by an endorsement from Puerto Rican pop star Unhealthy Bunny, who got here out for Harris on Sunday, shortly after the survey was taken. An analogous variety of respondents stated they have been motivated by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris.Greater than a 3rd of Latino voters stated they assist stricter border measures and agree with Trump’s message that the simplest management is “a large-scale raid on undocumented immigrants and implement[ing] the biggest mass deportation in U.S. historical past.”Practically 4 in 10 assist constructing a border wall with Mexico and that “undocumented immigrants from Latin America are primarily criminals who threaten U.S. public security and hurt our nation.”The financial system is by far the largest challenge influencing Latino voters’ presidential selection (39%), adopted by reproductive rights (15%), immigration (12%) and healthcare entry and affordability (11%).Sixty-six p.c of Latinos assist a ban on abortion with some exceptions after 26 weeks, however assist drops to 41% after six weeks.
The findings reveal a “cognitive dissonance,” Gamarra stated. “Whereas Latinos are largely figuring out with the Democratic Get together, on the identical time they’re figuring out with Republican points.”
