Trump's return to power fuelled by Hispanic

This year Donald Trump once again changed the composition of the US electorate, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees—and winning the presidency by earning more votes in almost every state.

According to data compiled by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, Hispanics have largely favoured Democrats for decades, but Trump's share this year was the highest for a Republican presidential candidate in exit polls going back to the 1970s and just higher than the 44% share won by Republican George W. Bush in 2004.

After the Republican's populist campaign, in which he promised to shield workers from global economic competition and offered a wide range of tax-cut proposals, Trump's increasing strength among working-class voters and nonwhite Americans helped grow his share of the vote almost everywhere.

The starkest increase may have been the 14-percentage point swing in Trump's share of Hispanic voters, according to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research. Some 46% of self-identified Hispanic voters picked Trump, up from 32% in the 2020 election when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

In counties where more than 20% of voting-age Americans were Hispanic, Trump's margin over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris improved by 13 points relative to his 2020 performance against Biden.

Source: Reuters