A new Siena College survey reveals that Vice President Kamala Harris is lagging behind former President Donald Trump in support among Latino voters, while the Republican Party continues to gain ground with the demographic.
Vice President Kamala Harris is trailing the past three Democratic candidates for the White House among Latino voters as former President Donald Trump is building his support among the critical group, a survey released Sunday shows./ Siena College, found Harris has slipped into low territory for Democrats with no sign of reversing the slide anytime soon.in 2016, 68 percent of Latino voters backed the Democratic nominee. It dropped to 62 percent in 2020 and Harris now earns 56 percent support.
RELATED: Maher — Dems ‘Actually Kind of Racist’ on Border Security, ‘Don’t Seem to See Latinos as Americans’ The Republican Party, however, has gained support over time. In 2016, Trump earned 28 percent support and 36 percent in 2020. As of the most recent survey, he has 37 percent support among Latino voters.He’s targeted illegal migrants for invading the country and taken aim at the U.S.-Mexico border in building an argument for closing porous open borders responsible for the influx and deporting those who have used them to enter the country.
Last week, Harris looked to woo Latino voters with a town hall hosted by Univision, an American Spanish-language network, where she answered questions on immigration, the economy and reproductive rights. In response she alsoin early September that Harris was unable to claw back Trump’s gains with black, Latino, and young voters, per Breitbart News.
“The analysis is significant because the Democrat Party hoped President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside for Harris would restore key voting blocs in favor of its nominee,” the article read.survey was conducted Sept. 29 to Oct. 6 among 902 Hispanic voters. It has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
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