More than 6 in 10 Latinos voters supported Biden in 2020, according to AP VoteCast, and 35% supported former President Donald Trump. However, a July poll from Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only about 4 in 10 Latinos said they were somewhat or very optimistic about the future of the Democratic Party, and about one-quarter said the same about the Republican Party.
According to the same survey, Hispanic adults are divided in their opinions on Harris, with 44% holding a favorable view and 43% holding an unfavorable view. But about half of Hispanic adults said they would be satisfied with Harris as the Democratic nominee, up from 15% earlier in July.
After watching the presidential debate between Trump and Biden, Peruvian Mexican small-business owner Guillermo Francisco Cornejo, 35, said he was not going to vote in the presidential election. That changed when Biden stepped down and endorsed Harris. But Cornejo’s decision is mostly guided by fear of what Trump will do if he wins, he said.
“Now it’s like, yeah, for sure I will vote Democrat,” said Cornejo, adding that he sees Harris as “very well-qualified” to be commander in chief. “If Trump gets elected, he’s turning this country into Latin America in the way he does politics and everything.”
On Friday, the League of United Latin American Citizens endorsed Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, through its political arm, the LULAC Adelante PAC, the first time the country’s oldest Latino civil rights group has endorsed a presidential candidate since its founding in 1929.
“We can trust them to do what is right for our community and the country,” Domingo Garcia, chairman of LULAC Adelante PAC and LULAC’s immediate past president, said in a statement. “The politics of hate mongering and scapegoating Latinos and immigrants must be stopped!”
Harris was criticized for comments she made in 2021 telling migrants not to come to the U.S, when she was tasked with overseeing diplomatic efforts to deal with issues spurring migration in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as pressing them to strengthen enforcement on their own borders.
But Harris’ being a daughter of immigrants provides a sense of representation to many Latino families, which could help her get their vote, civic engagement advocates say.
Pascale Small, 35, a Costa Rican American who is a daughter of immigrants and a single mother of three Afro-Latina girls, said Harris appeals to her because of her family’s background and her “commitment to ensuring that we are healing and growing as a country.”
“She has a spirit of service, which I really admire and really appreciate. She has an amazing pursuit of equity and that is really important to me as I am raising my children,” said Small, who wants to see the vice president address issues such as climate change, education, the economy and immigration reform.
Maca Casado, the Hispanic media director with the Harris campaign, said Harris has a record of supporting Latinos and the issues they care about, like health care and gun violence.
But Bob Unanue, the Hispanic Leadership Coalition chairman for the America First Policy Institute said Trump — not Harris — continues to show commitment to issues that resonate with the Hispanic community such as job growth, education freedom, parental rights and securing the border.
“Unlike Kamala Harris, who has failed to address the crisis at our southern border … and continues promoting failed economic policies, Trump offers a vision of prosperity and safety that many Hispanic voters are rallying behind,” Unanue said.
Experts have said Harris’ pick of Walz will help the campaign appeal to voters in the important battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Teresa, the Voto Latino president, said in a statement that Walz has a strong record of defending democracy, voting rights and standing up for working families in Minnesota — values that align with those of the Latino community. Harris also has an opportunity to make her case in states like Pennsylvania with a large Puerto Rican population, which as U.S. citizens can vote once they move to a state, Teresa said.
Charlotte Castillo, managing director of Poderistas, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing civic participation by Latinas, said the announcement that Harris would be the Democratic nominee energized so many in the Latino community, which will be critical as in previous elections.
“I think in particular Latinas, typically we like to say, are the CEOs of their families. They are really driving the decisions for their families and have a huge influence on that,” Castillo said. “So, I certainly think that Latinas have the potential to make a real outsized impact.”
Castillo said whichever party is consistent in their outreach to Latino voters will get their vote.
“Once the community is engaged, they remain engaged,” Castillo said. “Both parties need to start knocking on doors and doing it more consistently.”
“Vice President Harris’ campaign knows Latinos’ political power and is the only campaign working aggressively to make the case because we won’t take their votes for granted,” Casado said.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
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27 comments
ELVIS JUST ELVIS
August 11, 2024 at 5:20 pm
Snoops confirmed this Latino y Latina support to be a bald-faced lie.
And why not America as my Sage Patriots and Besty Leftys already took note of ….. its an A. P. artical full of lies and propaganda directed 100% at her syncophant “Dook 4 Brains Leftist Audience.
ELVIS
ELVIS JUST ELVIS
August 11, 2024 at 5:25 pm
And dont get me started on that out of style 2016 “LOOSER HILLARY” pants-suit.
ELVIS
PeterH
August 11, 2024 at 5:27 pm
There is little doubt that this will be a close election. Latino voters might want to look at everything that Donald Trump had said or done and ask themselves:
“Is Donald Trump the role model for America’s youth? Do I want my child to grow up thinking it’s permissible to install fake electors in battleground States after voting has occurred?”
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 5:35 pm
What if one has a daughter? Do you tell them to work hard in school, or do you tell them to work it hard? Kammy a role model? Hilarious.
ELVIS JUST ELVIS
August 11, 2024 at 5:58 pm
Thanks Day 21,
We should have both candidats submit to an STD Test.
America has a right to know.
ELVIS
ELVIS JUST ELVIS
August 11, 2024 at 6:11 pm
Good Evening America,
In this evenings FIRE-SIDE CHAT WITH ELVIS I’m covering a subject of interest to Adults Only.
This is not for childern to read.
If “SCRUMPY QUEEN KAMMY” has the “Dreaded Gongo-KaKa” “Down There” well then America should be told the truth.
In addition there is a whole host of communicbal venerial issues which could affect a President’s ability to serve.
The last thing we need is to have a President madly scratching their itchy pudendiums at a State Dinner with Heads of State looking on Agast.
Think about it America, we never needed such venerial testing until a woman with such loose morals as Kammy ran for office.
ELVIS
Ocean Joe
August 12, 2024 at 7:36 am
OK, Tennessee Rick says you’re 82, so your mom probably isnt around to do it, but somebody needs to wash your mouth out with soap.
And if you’re backing Trump, complaining about anybody else’s morals is hilarious.
JD
August 11, 2024 at 6:49 pm
Funny, you got nothing left but bitter mudslinging at both candidates.
“Waaaa, Kammy allegedly worked the dong.”
“Waaaa, I got no respect for another veteran because I have bias.”
What’s your boys got? Besides a lot of proven criminality and hypocrisy?
What’s your stance on policy – real policy – from both sides? Presser attended or not?
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 7:03 pm
Well we really can’t talk policy now can we? We have no idea what Kammy’s is. Do you know? We do know she is running from the Biden White House. Sorry Kammy you need to own it. Im not sure if that veteran shot was directed at me and if so I will say again, I respect veterans and their service.. I do not respect those that embellish. I am a veteran and i have seen embellishment. I don’t care what party affiliation. I lose respect for them when they do that.
ELVIS JUST ELVIS
August 11, 2024 at 7:07 pm
Oh my oh my JD,
I always considered you to have transitioned into becoming one of my Besty Leftys.
And now when ELVIS is not looking you sneek up behind me like a rabid dog and bite me in the ass.
JD I, ELVIS, am so disapointed in you that I just dont know what to do …… oh wait a minute, I got it …….CHASTIZED !!!!!
ELVIS
*your chastizement is for 3 days and inclusive of a 3 day wanking ban…both punishments will run concurrantly*
rick whitaker
August 12, 2024 at 7:23 pm
EARL PITTS AKA GARY BURBANK AKA BILLY PURSER AKA ELVIS THE SPHINCTERMAN, you cry and whine more than any other poster. at 83 years old, arn’t you a little too old to be constantly trolling? elvis von shitsinpants is that your new name, iv’e lost count of the many silly aliases’ you have. what a fool.
Women Of Waffle Houses
August 13, 2024 at 6:17 am
You poor incel; no law degree for your brats. No being elected to Attorney General of a giant economic powerhouse is in your Waffle House-kid’s future.
Best you can do is a CDL fer your next generation.
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 7:23 pm
Well JD we don’t know what Kammy’s policies are now do we? She is running away from the Joe Biden White House and attempting to erase all of those bad decisions she was part of. She is flip flopping like our very own Charlie Crist. If you are pointing that veteran bias at me, let me say once again as a veteran, I do support all veterans. I do not support those that embellish regardless of political affiliation.
Michael K
August 11, 2024 at 7:33 pm
To all the bedwetters:
You’re a Swift Boater – a disgrace to everyone who served.
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 7:55 pm
Do you mind translating that into English?
rick whitaker
August 12, 2024 at 7:27 pm
howler monkey, aka day 22, i will translate it for you. maga misinformation has taken over your persona and you’re lashing out at good people because of your maga self.
Yrral
August 12, 2024 at 7:52 am
Iraq war was a hoax made up by Republican over bogus WMD in Iraq ,sadly many young men’s and women lost their for this unjust war. Google Israel Iraq WMD Hoax
JD
August 12, 2024 at 12:34 pm
This is the same trope Vance is following Ed. You all sharing the same playbook?
The only thing we’ve see her flip-flopping is running from Biden’s dark messages about the Republicans and Trump and trying push a message of Freedom and Hope.
Remember that Hope part – Obama rode that with little pocket “Change” for 8 years in the WH.
Maybe if the Red Right Mafia would stop with the looking to the non-existant “better” past (MAGA – heck the name has the past built in) and do some more looking to a future, they’d not see their polling number advantage evaporate in two weeks.
But typing at you is like typing at a wall. Go on with your anger and hate. Maybe it will keep you warm, like in Red Dawn.
Yrral
August 11, 2024 at 8:40 pm
Mexican are not like lots of Cuban,they do fantasize about going to Mexico,like Cuban fantasize about living in Cuba,they can travel to Mexico anytime they want too ,lots of Hispanic do not realize La MAGA La Migra is talking deporting their family, neighbors and even their spouses
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 8:48 pm
Well if they are here illegally. You get that part right? Many of the Mexican’s or whoever that came here legally support deportation of those that didn’t come here legally.
Yrral
August 12, 2024 at 7:46 am
When have spoke to an Mexican,I encounter Mexican everyday,none has called for deportation of other Mexican,they would be run out of the barrios,maybe you confusing Cuban with Mexican
Phil Morton
August 12, 2024 at 4:53 am
Newsflash for Bob Unanue. Illegal border crossings are lower now than they were when Trump was President. Not only has Harris addressed the crisis at our southern border, she’s fixed it and with no help from Republicans.
Day 22
August 12, 2024 at 5:29 am
Oh so Harris will now let you call her the border czar again. Raw numbers, how many entered illegally under the Trump admin vs the Biden / Harris regime?
Mike
August 12, 2024 at 7:10 am
Kamala and the democrat party is using the exact same playbook that destroyed Venezuela. Divide the United States into “communities of special interest” and fill all hearts with hate. Stupid people will vote for these moron democrats and their lies and the free press will swear they are truth tellers or ignore the lies. If we go all in for socialism and the.eventual communism that will result, like in Venezuela, we are all done. Just like what is happening in Venezuela right now, there is no going back. They will kill all who stand in their way. We must reject all democrats and give the reigns to conservatives and bring this Country back to our Constitution.,
Yrral
August 12, 2024 at 7:48 am
Borderline,on the Borderline,I think Republican are losing their mind on the borderline
SUPER ELVIS THE MAN OF STEEL
August 12, 2024 at 9:21 pm
Chastized inclusive of the wanking ban for 4 days Yrral.
Feel The Burn,
ELVIS
SUPER ELVIS THE MAN OF STEEL
August 12, 2024 at 9:36 pm
America incase you may not be aware all Dook 4 Brains Leftys are obsessive compulsive wankers.
For those gentel readers who may not know “wanking = masturbation” and all Dook 4 Brains leftys wank obsessivesly & cumposivelly 6 to 11 times a day.
Thats why they are always in the restroom at work or parking at the far end of the parking lot ….. yep they are wanking.
Anyway once we became aware of what a large part of their lives is spent wanking we at The ELVIS FAN CLUB began including the wanking ban with all CHASTIZEMENTS.
This has been a total force of good world-wide in saveing the lives of so many Dook 4 Brains Leftys that I, ELVIS, am being considered for the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize …. yeah just like the one Hussain 0bama got.
I, ELVIS, am so proud of ME, ELVIS,
Relax your Sphincters now America, I will post more Sage Wisdom tomorrow, ELVIS
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