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Trump’s close ties with the Cuban and Venezuelan communities in Miami “turned the tide in his favor,” said Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University.
And his colleague from the university, the political scientist Eduard Gamarra, explained the defeat of the Democrats in the state to the undeserved confidence of Latin Americans. They make up 20 percent in Florida. population.
“The Democrats have lost the vote among Latin Americans,” Gamarra said. D. It is not just Cubans who make up a large group of Latin Americans in Florida and traditionally support Republicans. Venezuelans, Argentines, Bolivians and Colombians also voted for the president.
In the Little Havana area of Miami, dozens of Cubans listened to salsa and mojo with American flags Tuesday night after learning of Trump’s victory in Florida. Most Cubans in the state despise the communist regime in Havana. D. Short leaned them to his side with his anti-socialist rhetoric.
The anti-racist protests that rocked the United States after the death of African-American George Floyd did not lead Latin Americans to vote for Biden, Gamarra said. On the contrary, according to the scientist, the Black Lives Matter movement in Florida hurt Biden. Latin Americans here do not identify with blacks.
Furthermore, Biden’s election campaign in Florida was slow. The Democrat has been too slow to respond to Trump’s claims that Biden’s far-right face will introduce American socialism.
By getting 29 votes from voters in Florida, Trump has taken an important step in the race for the presidency.
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