Trump Overperforms with Minority Voters

Women, Latino, black, youth, and white-and-suburban male voters were the five key demographics that led to President-elect Donald Trump’s dominant Election Day victory, according to an AP VoteCast analysis.

Trump received 54% of the Latino male vote, while Vice President Kamala Harris garnered 44%, marking a significant shift from 2020 when Biden led with 59%, representing a major realignment in that demographic.

Harris also underperformed with Latino women, winning by a 25-point margin compared to Biden’s 39-point lead in 2020. Overall, according to exit polls, Trump won a majority of white and suburban male voters while securing about 13% of black voters and 45% of Latino voters, a significant increase from 2020, when he won 8% of black voters and 32% of Latino voters.