WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris maintains a commanding lead over former President Trump among Latino voters, according to a new national poll of 1,500 Latino voters, with the gap growing by 2020. This is almost the same as President Biden’s lead in 2019.
A national poll of Hispanic voters conducted Oct. 10-22 by Florida International University in Miami shows Harris leading 57% to 33%. That’s similar to Biden’s 59% to 38% lead over Trump in the 2020 election, estimated by Pew Research Center.
Democrats will be pleased with these results, as other polls and elections in recent years have shown the party losing ground with Latino voters. In a July poll taken shortly after his poor performance in the debate, Biden had just 41% support among Latinos.
“This difference is explained by the resignation of the president and the arrival of Kamala Harris,” said Eduardo Gamarra, director of the FIU Gordon Institute Latino Public Opinion Forum. “President Trump has very stable and consistent support.”
Both candidates have strong appeals to Latino voters, as the number of Latino voters is increasing in key battleground states such as Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. Harris spoke Friday morning in Las Vegas with Raul, host of the syndicated show “El Bueno La Mara y El Feo” (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly), which is streamed on Univision Radio. I recorded an interview with Molinar.
The poll had several notable findings, including:
Nearly one in five voters said they were motivated by the endorsement of Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny, who endorsed Harris on Sunday, shortly after the poll. An equal number of respondents said they were motivated by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris.
More than one-third of Latino voters support stricter border measures, with President Trump’s message that the most effective regulation would be “massive raids on illegal immigration.” He said he agrees with the.[ing] It is the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. ”
Nearly 4 in 10 people support building a wall on the border with Mexico, saying that “illegal immigrants from Latin America are primarily criminals who threaten U.S. security and harm our country.” .
The biggest issue influencing Latino voters’ presidential choice is the economy (39%), followed by reproductive rights (15%), immigration (12%), and health care access and affordability (11%). To be continued.
Sixty-six percent of Latinos support banning abortion with some exceptions after 26 weeks, but support drops to 41% after six weeks.
The findings reveal “cognitive dissonance,” Gamarra said. “Latino Americans primarily identify with the Democratic Party, but they also identify with Republican issues.”
