Vice President Kamala Harris increased the support of Hispanic or Latino voters in key states by four percentage points, obtaining 64% of support among that group against 31% leaning toward former President Donald Trump and 5% support for a third option. .
This is revealed by the Voto Latino and GQR Insight and Action survey in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, but North Carolina was not considered in the final result, due to Hurricane Helene, which could have affected the responses. .
The new poll reflects an advance by Vice President Harris with respect to the Democratic presidential candidacy in April, then led by President Joe Biden, since she had 48% support among Latinos in key states, against 33% for Trump, but 12% for Robert Kennedy Jr.
The situation changed in August, when the Democratic candidate was already Harris and she reached 60% of voting intentions against 29% for Trump. The significant change was a reduction in support for Kennedy Jr.
Youth and Women by Harris
Young people are those who support Harris the most with 69% among those between 18 and 29 years old, against 24% for Trump.
Among those aged 30 to 39, the percentage for Harris drops to 69% and for Trump it increases to 30%.
Trump achieves his highest record among men without college education with 43%, while 53% support Harris.
Women, regardless of their education, are the most supportive of Harris. Those without university studies register 68% support for Harris against 28% for Trump; while those with university education, 73% support Harris and 23% support Trump.
In Arizona, Harris achieves 63% support of the Latino vote against 42% for Trump; in Michigan it is 56% against 34%; in Nevada 59% against 40%; in Pennsylvania it is 76% to 20%, and in Wisconsin it is 55% to 34%.
65% of Latinos support Democrats for Congress, according to the report.
69% of Latino voters believe that Vice President Kamala Harris would “improve conditions” for this population, compared to 30% who believe the same about Trump.
70% say Harris could better handle “racial inequality,” versus 29% who point to Trump in that regard.
A similar percentage was found on issues regarding abortion, social security protection and Medicare.
Regarding border security, 53% believe that Harris would do a good job versus 45% who think in favor of Trump.
Regarding “fixing the immigration system,” 61% say Harris can do a better job in that area versus 39% who say Trump can.
The problems that most concern Latinos are “the cost of living” with 54% of mentions, followed by “economy and jobs” with 33%, and the right to abortion with 30%. Border security occupies position six of the most worrying issues and immigration reform occupies position nine.