Donald Trump Over-Performing Among Latinos, a Key Voter Group

Latino Los Angeles10/17/2024

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Former President Donald Trump , the GOP presidential nominee, is doing better with Latino voters than in his past two presidential campaigns including a double-digit jump from his 2016 run, according to a poll released on Sunday.

There are 36.2 million Latinos eligible to vote in November’s election, making them the second-largest group of eligible voters after white voters. This voting bloc is seen as particularly crucial in the Southwestern swing states of Arizona and Nevada. Currently, Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris , the Democratic presidential nominee, by one point in Arizona (47.9 to 46.9 percent), according to poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight’s polling averages, while Harris is ahead of Trump in Nevada by 1.5 points (48 to 46.5 percent).

While Harris is leading Trump among Latinos, the former president is doing better with the demographic than in both his 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.

A national NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll conducted from September 16 and 23 found that 54 percent of registered Latino voters support Harris compared to 40 percent who would vote for Trump. Meanwhile, 6 percent say they are unsure or wouldn’t vote.

The poll surveyed 1,000 registered Latino voters and the margin of error for this sample is plus or minus […]