Latino and Black Voter Support for Harris and Trump Fact-Checked
“Latino voters voted 51% in favor of Harris compares to 47% for Trump. Black voters voted 86% in favor of Harris and 14% in favor of Trump.”
Summary
Latino voters gave Harris a clear majority—generally between 56% and 62%—while Trump received roughly 37% to 45%, not the 51%‑47% split asserted. No reliable data shows Black voters supporting Harris at 86%; available reports indicate much lower, unspecified levels of Black support for the Democratic ticket.
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- Texas primaries raise GOP alarm about Latino voters - The Washington Post
Strong Democratic turnout last week in heavily Latino parts of Texas has some Republicans fearing they will struggle to maintain the coalition Trump built in 2024.
- Harris pushes to recapture Latino support that fell under Biden - The Washington Post
Kamala Harris has campaign stops in Arizona and Nevada, swing states where Latinos make up significant shares of the electorates, as she trails Joe Biden’s 2020 performance with Latino voters.
- Hispanic voters sent Trump back to power. Now some are souring
The Latino vote is both vast and diverse, encompassing communities of varied ancestries, economic power and relative size. Collectively, however, they form the largest non-white voting bloc in the country, totalling over 36 million people. Data shows that Trump's gains among these voters in 2024 was, to a large degree, a result of their dissatisfaction with the economy in the waning years of the Biden administration.
- 2024 Presidential Election Results Map: Trump Wins - The New York Times
Get live presidential results and maps from every state and county in the 2024 election.
- Texas primaries could test whether Latino support for GOP holds after Trump gains : NPR
Brandon Rottinghaus, a political science professor at the University of Houston, said Latinos are mainly a young population that is expanding Texas' pool of new voters. And they are also a voting bloc that is not consistently aligned with either major political party. "The Latino electorate has emerged as the biggest swing vote in Texas because they are willing to side with either party," he said, "depending on the kinds of issues that are presented by the candidates." The economy and immigration were top issues that drove many Texas Latinos to support Trump in 2024.
- Exploring why more Latinos voted for Trump and what it means for future elections | PBS News
While a majority of Black and Latino ... with both groups. Voter surveys from the Associated Press show Trump won 43 percent of the overall Latino vote, an eight-point increase from 2020....
- Harris makes gains in Latino voter support, but many voters still in play, poll finds
She has support from 59% of Latinas, nine points better than Biden had in early June, and her support has risen among Latino men, from Biden’s 41% to Harris 51%.
- Can Kamala Harris win over disenchanted Latino voters? | US elections 2024 | The Guardian
Axios Latino has been tracking ... the Biden administration. By the end of 2021, Axios Latino found that 48% of Latinos had a favorable opinion of Harris – but that figure had slumped to 39% by last March....
- US-Wahl: Bei diesen Wählergruppen hat Kamala Harris an Donald Trump verloren - DER SPIEGEL
Wie hat Donald Trump diese Präsidentschaftswahl gewonnen? Die Datenanalyse zeigt: Er hat Kamala Harris in mehreren demografischen Gruppen Stimmen abgenommen.
- Bei welchen US-Wählern Trump punkten konnte | tagesschau.de
Damals gewann der demokratische Kandidat Joe Biden diese Wählergruppe mit mehr als 30 Punkten Vorsprung. Harris' Vorteil in dieser Wählergruppe schrumpfte nun auf weniger als zehn Punkte.
- Bei einer Gruppe gelingt Trump die Mega-Wende: Was wir aus der Wahlnacht lernen - FOCUS online
Zwar erzielt Harris hier mit 58 Prozent ein gutes Ergebnis bei den Latinos - Trump kommt auf 41 Prozent -, aber im Vergleich zu 2020 schneidet sie deutlich schlechter ab als Biden, der rund 70 Prozent der Latino-Stimmen erhielt.
- Vote hispanique et noir, femmes, jeunes, catholiques : ces électorats qui ont fait gagner Donald Trump
... Autre gain significatif pour Donald Trump : le vote hispanique. En remportant 45% des voix des latinos, selon le sondage d’Edison, le milliardaire a augmenté son total de 13 points par rapport à 2020.
- Présidentielle américaine : pourquoi Trump a conquis des voix dans les minorités noire et latino | Les Echos
Il n'y a plus que quatorze points d'écart avec le score de sa rivale démocrate. Kamala Harris ne récolte en effet que 56 % des voix latinos, sept points de moins que Joe Biden en 2020.
- Victoire de Donald Trump : récit d'une journée historique | Les Echos
Donald Trump a très tôt revendiqué sa victoire, désormais officiellement acquise, comme 47e président des Etats-Unis. (Jim WATSON/AFP) ... Publié le 6 nov. 2024 à 06:01Mis à jour le 6 nov. 2024 à 21:13 · Donald Trump a largement remporté l'élection présidentielle américaine. Le candidat républicain a décroché quatre « swing states » face à Kamala Harris selon les estimations de l'agence Associated Press. Actuellement, l'ancien président est crédité de 277 grands électeurs, contre 224 pour la vice-présidente démocrate.
- Hispanic Voters Back Harris over Trump by a 62%-37% Margin; Cite Economic Concerns as Top Priorities | UnidosUS
The poll is part of the American Electorate Poll, a critical cross-check on traditional exit polls which often rely on low and unrepresentative samples of Hispanic voters, and adds depth to our understanding of why and how Latinos and other groups voted. This robust poll surveyed 3,750 Hispanic voters, with representative samples in 10 states (AZ, CA, FL, GA, MI, NC, NV, PA, TX and WI), including an oversample of nearly 800 Puerto Rican voters, making it the largest sample of Puerto Rican 2024 actual voters.
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