As well as winning over Hispanic voters, Trump improved his position in some surprising corners.

Summary

“It’s simple, really. We liked the way things were four years ago,” said Samuel Negron, a Pennsylvania state constable and member of the large Puerto Rican community in the city of Allentown.

Donald Trump achieved a decisive victory over Kamala Harris, capturing key demographics that traditionally supported Democrats. He gained substantial support from white working-class voters, saw a 14-point increase among Latino voters, and performed better than expected with younger voters, especially men.

Economic concerns, particularly inflation, were central to Trump’s appeal, with voters across states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin favoring his promises of lower prices and stricter immigration policies.

Harris struggled to retain support in diverse and working-class areas, as voters blamed Democrats for economic hardships.

    • DancingBear@midwest.social
      527·
      26 days ago

      Your energy would be better spent blaming the politicians for not advocating policies that cater to the worried and concerns of voters

      • shinratdr@lemmy.ca
        15·
        26 days ago

        Do you really think people who casted their votes this way are blameless?

        The Democrats have their fair share of responsibility for not dealing with the reality of what they have to work with and advocating better positions and trying to solve their problems. Significant blame.

        But that doesn’t make Trump voters or non-voters not culpable for cutting off their nose to spite their face. It’s still wildly ignorant at best and evil at worst.

        • DancingBear@midwest.social
          1·
          25 days ago

          “Party of intersectionality and identity politics blames cis Latino men and cis black men for dem election loss while calling republicans racist. More at eleven.”

          Mexico has a populist female president. This loss is not because of identity politics or sexism, it’s because Kamala did not address economic issues that voters care deeply about.

        • Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          25 days ago

          I don’t know how much I can be mad at the mentally impaired for voting against their own interest. Like, I can be mad about it but really I’m just frustrated how the system encourages their exploitation.

          It’s really just systemic failure all the way down. The constitution is a sham and needs a full rewrite. Giving each state the same power in the senate and capping the house is beyond corrupt and feeds the general apathy.

    • Awesomo85
      242·
      26 days ago

      Latino for Trump here.

      Is this the line for the free tears?

      • VantaBrandon@lemmy.world
        26·
        26 days ago

        No the tears are when you forget to bring your ID for a walk around the neighborhood and end up in a concentration camp

        Don’t forget your ID, I’d hate to see you end up sharing a tent with all of those “bad hombres”

        Good luck! ;)

        • Awesomo85
          323·
          26 days ago

          Oh you! Always worrying about me!

          While I appreciate the concern, nothing like that is going to happen. You know why? Because all of this fear mongering is just that: fear mongering!

          You know how I know it’s all fear mongering? Don’t you worry! I did all the hard work for you: I did the research! And I brought receipts!!™

          You see kids, denaturalization is a process that has been in place since the early 1900s. It is used to revoke the citizenship of people who really REALLY shouldn’t be here. We are talking Terrorists, Russian spys, Nazis (like, actual Nazis from WWII, not just people who don’t agree with you politically in the year 2024). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_denaturalized_former_citizens_of_the_United_States)

          I feel this is a worthy use of our tax dollars! I mean, you want to deport Nazis and Russian spys, right?

          “But, Awesomo!” (you whine), “Trump is going to go after all the innocent “brown people”!”(brown people© Democrats 2006)

          Hmmm…I don’t know. Will he really? If only we had some sort of historical data to back up this totally baseless claim……

          Ooops! We do have data! (though it doesn’t support the claim AT ALL) You see, Trump was already President once. And everyone is claiming that he came down with an Iron Fist the first go-round with plans to expand! Turns out only 4 people, let me repeat that: 4 PEOPLE TOTAL, were denaturalized under President Trump. And guess what? Those 4 people were a terrorist, a LITERAL Nazi, and a couple of war criminals. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_denaturalized_former_citizens_of_the_United_States)

          Hell, President Obama (the great and powerful and o-so-cool) denaturalized 8 people during his terms! And again, these were (undeniably) undesirable people.

          So you see, you don’t need to worry your pretty little head about me. I (like every other US citizen that migrated here legally and isn’t a Nazi or Terrorist) have NOTHING to be afraid of.

          Hugs and kisses!

          • aesthelete@lemmy.world
            71·
            25 days ago

            Why would he use this process instead of his stated approach of using the alien enemies act?

            Oh, you just posted this because, like many other people claiming “I did the research”, you have no idea how to do research.