Rebecca Zeljko
Former President Donald Trump is outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris among Latino male voters, according to an AP/NORC poll released Friday.
Just 36% of Latino male voters said Harris would be a good president, while 42% said the same about Trump: According to to the survey. Harris remains in the lead among Latino voters, with 50% supporting the Democratic candidate and just 30% supporting Trump.
Trump managed to do it gain ground with Latino voters and broaden gender gap this election cycle, which could pose a burden to Harris’ campaign.
According to the poll, Harris is still favored among Latino voters – 43% think she will be a good president and 40% disagree. Trump is on par with Harris: 36% of Latino voters say he will be a good president, while 53% said he will not.
The poll shows that among Latino voters surveyed, the top priorities in November will be the economy, health care, crime and immigration. Meanwhile, Trump leads Harris on handling both immigration and the economy, According to according to an NBC/Telemundo/CNBC poll from September.
Although Harris still leads, her performance has lagged compared to her Democratic predecessors.
In 2020, President Joe Biden won 65% of the Latino vote, while Trump won only 32%. According to to the Roper Center. In 2016, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won 66% of the Latino vote alongside Trump pulling in only 28%.
Trump’s advances among Latino voters could pose a hurdle for Harris’ campaign in key swing states like Arizona AND Nevadawith Latinos making up roughly one-third of their population.
The Democrats won Nevada over the past four election cycles, while Republicans have had a steady winning streak Arizona since 1952, with the exception of former President Bill Clinton in 1996 and Biden in 2020. Although both states are in the polls, Trump has a slight lead in the polls with a 0.2 point lead in Nevada and 0.5 point advantage Arizonaaccording to RealClearPolling averages.
The AP/NORC poll polled 2,028 Latino voters nationwide from Sept. 12 to 16, with a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
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Rebeka Zeljko is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
