Former President Donald Trump has various opinions on Latinos, but he doesn’t want them voting for president. One in five Latino Voters in this election are going to be voting for the first time, so they are forming their opinions about the candidates. Almost 40% are new since 2016 which this information was informed by; De Castro. Kamala Harris aimed at Latino voters as a sign of the large emphasis Harris and former president Trump have placed on following the nation’s second largest racial or ethnic group.
For Trump’s presidential campaign, The large share of new Latino voters presents an opportunity less around past derision of Latino immigrants and instead around his handling of the pre pandemic economy. About two thirds of Hispanics on voter rolls are 2nd and 3rd generation American which is meant to point out that Latinos, Hispanics are adapting to American culture better.
The large share of new Latinos voters presents an opportunity to redefine the former president, less around his handling of the pre academic economy which is an issue poll after poll. The Trump campaigns forgoing target Latino outreach has only resulted in 16% of the latino voters across the battleground states that are reporting contact from the Republican party according to the Unidos U.S.
