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What did Black Latinos think about those pro-Trump Latino exit polls?

When Josué Perea scrolled Instagram the night after the 2024 election, he saw a comment from a friend that stopped him in his tracks: “Latinos, I’m never going to forget that y’all voted for this guy.” The friend was African American and part of a larger community of Black voters who felt betrayed by exit poll numbers that revealed an increased number of “Latino” voters supported Donald Trump. While it wasn’t a majority (46% voted for Trump in 2024, up from […]

todayNovember 26, 2024

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Some young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this year. Leija had voted for the Republican in 2016 and 2020. Leija’s rationale was simple: He said he has benefited from Trump’s economic policies, especially tax cuts. “I am a blue-collar worker,” Leija said. “So, tax breaks for small businesses are ideal for what I do.” For DaSean Gallishaw, a […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 1

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Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he’s not popular with either group, poll analysis shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised new efforts to expand his coalition — and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election. But an AP analysis of two consecutive polls conducted in June by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that about 7 in 10 Black Americans have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of […]

todayJuly 11, 2024 3