Harris leads Trump among Latinos, poll finds

Vice President and Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, He leads by 16 points in voting intention among Latino voters compared to former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump, who last June had a 2-point lead over President Joe Biden among those same voters.

The Suffolk University poll released Thursday showed A total of 18 percentage points of Latino voters changed parties in their voting intentionafter President Biden dropped his nomination and nominated Harris.

In the poll, which was conducted Aug. 25-28 in all 50 states and the District of Columbia among 1,000 registered voters, Harris obtained 47.6% of voting intention compared to Trump, which obtained 43.3% among all respondents.

David Paleologos, director of the Center for Political Research at Suffolk University in Boston, noted in a statement that “young people, people of color and low-income households have shifted sharply toward the vice president.”

Harris’s arrival in the presidential race has not only boosted the support of Latino voters for the Democratic bet.

Among 18- to 34-year-olds, Trump had an 11-point lead in June, but in August the balance has tipped in Harris’ favor (13 points more than the Republican), a swing of a total of 24 points.

Another shift was among people making less than $20,000 a year. The Republican candidate led Democrats by 3 points in June, Now the Democrat has a 23-point lead among that group.

Harris also picked up 17 points among African American voters, who are generally considered democrats.

The undecided still have valuable votes in their hands to determine the winner in the elections, with 4.8% of people still undecided on a candidate, according to the survey, which has a margin of error of +/-3.1 points.

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