Latino voters in Florida and Texas helped propel former President Trump to victories Tuesday in counties where Democrats had an edge in the past two presidential elections.
Why it matters: Most Latinos still vote Democratic, but the results suggested that as a bloc this fast-growing segment of the electorate — now about 20% of the population — is continuing to slowly shift to the right . Tuesday’s results also suggest that many Latinos share Trump’s concerns about illegal immigration, despite the racist rhetoric he’s used to describe undocumented Latinos.
Zoom in: In winning Florida, Trump got more than 54% of the vote in Miami-Dade County , which is majority Latino. Hillary Clinton won that county with 63% of the vote in 2016, and President Biden won it with 53% in 2020 .
But Republicans have made massive inroads in Miami-Dade, where traditionally conservative Cuban Americans make up about half of the Latino population.
In Hidalgo County, in South Texas — a Mexican American stronghold that Biden won with 58% of the vote in 2020 — Vice President Harris and […]
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