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Donald Trump won in Florida by a small margin and with the support of a wave of voters of Latin American origin. This victory was crucial for the Republican.
See what the division of voters in Florida was like, according to AP:
- Donald Trump: 51.25%
- Joe Biden: 47.85%
A poll by the consulting firm Edison Research published on Tuesday night (3) shows that Trump won about 47% of the votes of Latin American voters in the state:an increase of 12 percentage points in relation to its performance in 2016.
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Voters of this profile represent 19% of the total in the state.
The president has improved his figures mainly in the Miami area, where there are people from Cuban or Venezuelan families who identify as anti-leftists.
The Republican campaign made efforts to classify the opponent, Joe Biden, as a politician who made deals with the radical left.
Trump’s anti-China rhetoric has also helped convince these voters, says Maiara Folly of the Igarapé Institute.
“At first, this voter’s support may seem strange, given Trump’s hostile policy towards immigrants, but he was very smart in attracting Latinos with politics to Latin America: he took a very aggressive stance with Cuba and Venezuela. – It did not work, these two countries have not changed their perspective, but the hostile tone pleased the voters, “he says.
“Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Brazil to criticize Venezuela, and that looks good among these conservative Latino voters,” says the researcher, who is doing a master’s degree in forced migration at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. .
Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo and the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, during a visit to Roraima, at the end of September 2020 – Photo: Playback / TV Globo
Trump conquers part of non-white voters
It was not only in Florida that Latin Americans gave crucial support to Trump: in Texas they also helped the current president.
A poll by the consulting firm Edison Research shows that Trump’s performance among non-white voters across the country has improved compared to 2016. It was an increase of three percentage points among Latin Americans.
There are some quirks: Among older Latinos, he improved his performance by 15 percentage points. Among blacks between 30 and 44, it rose 11 points.
