Even though she has a significant advantage in both categories, several Democrats have cautioned that she must do more to motivate these voters to support her in November.
This is partly because new polling indicates that Donald Trump, Harris’s Republican opponent, is continuing to garner support from Black and Latino voters, building on his 2016 and 2020 victories.
According to a News and Siena study, Harris had 78% of the support of black voters, whereas Democrats had about 90% in the most recent elections. The majority of this decline was attributed to men.
In a race that appears to be determined by extremely narrow margins, this could prove to be quite important. Even if this polling is inaccurate, little increases in the number of Black or Latino voters could ultimately change the outcome in crucial battleground states.
For instance, it is anticipated that roughly one in four voters in Arizona and nearly 20% in neighboring Nevada would be Latino on November 5. Black voters make up almost 30% of the electorate in Georgia, another important state. These are a sizable number of votes in states that are very important.
