Fox News host Sandra Smith and pollster Daron Shaw on Friday explained how Vice President Kamala Harris is losing support among Hispanic voters in the key battleground state of Arizona.
A Fox News poll of Arizona voters found Harris trailing by 48% to former President Donald Trump's 51%. released Thursday. Smith and Shaw said a major reason the vice president has lagged in the polls is because of low approval ratings among women and Hispanic voters. (Related article: 'The real grounds for reconciliation': ABC political director warns 'Kamala Harris has a problem' with Hispanic voters)
“Look what's going on in Arizona, the latest Fox News poll shows Donald Trump with a 3-point lead. But there are some warning signs for Harris. , there are also questions about whether she can close the gap,” Smith said.
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“Some of the warning signs are coming from Hispanic voters, where they had an 18-point lead with her in August. That's now down to 11,” Smith continued. “For voters under 30, not only has the gap narrowed, but it's now in the red. She had a 13-point lead and now she has a 12-point lead.”
Before President Joe Biden announced on July 21 that he would not seek re-election, Trump had gained significant support among Hispanic voters in polls, citing issues such as immigration and the economy. Harris has regained some support from Hispanic voters in some polls since replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic Party.
“As you just pointed out, the Democratic coalition relies heavily on African American voters, Hispanic voters, and young voters. In 2020, Biden's lead is — you know, Trump's. “He barely got double digits among African-American voters. He was a Hispanic in his 30s. He was targeting voters under 30 and they were in their 30s,” Shaw said. did. “Now you're talking about numbers for Hispanics in the '40s, which are close to W. Bush's numbers. We have to be a little careful here because we have a small sample size among younger voters. But the fact that he's competitive, much less has a lead among young voters, is devastating news for her campaign.
“She desperately wants voters to return to traditional patterns in order to win in states like Arizona,” Shaw continued. “This is a state that was decided last time by 12,500 votes. You can't expect to carry a state like Arizona with a mass exodus of voters from a major coalition.”
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