The League of United Latin American Citizens assures that the community will tip the balance in favor of the Democrats.
The Latino vote for the United States elections has taken on a leading role, both for the Democratic and Republican campaigns, however, experts agree that the preference of the Latino community will finally lean towards candidate Kamala Harris, thanks to the racist rhetoric of former President Donald Trump.
For the vice president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC, in English), Ray Mancera, the presidential race has taken on transcendental overtones due to the offensive message of the Republican candidate Donald Trump, who has denigrated the Latino community and especially migrants in most of his rallies.
In these elections, “there is a candidate who is speaking a lot against minorities in the United States in a way that we have never seen in the past, he attacks and talks in a very negative way about (Latino) communities, minorities, whether religious like Muslims or also about our descendants, whether as Mexicans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, wherever we come from.”
Given this situation, the Latino community was encouraged to register to cast their vote on November 5, and they would be betting on the Democrats, said the specialist, so there is the probability of creating an unfavorable trend for Trump due to his hate speech against the community.
“Speaking of Donald Trump’s racial rhetoric, there is a trend in the Latino vote, of those who are being encouraged to vote, would most likely be betting on the Democrats,” said the high official of LULAC, the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States.
“Trump has demonized immigrants and accuses them of “infecting” his country”, Mancera continued.
According to a study by the Pew Research Center, more than 36 million Latinos will be able to vote in November, that is, almost 15 percent of the electorate.
Mancera acknowledged that the Latino community has great importance in the North American country because of its labor force, which has allowed the economic and social well-being of the United States.
“Today, the Latino or African-American minorities continue to see us in a way that we do not contribute (to the country), however, the United States would not exist without our jobs, our talent, whether as engineers, mathematicians or in the labor sector,” stressed Mancera.
Trump “has hit the image of the immigrant so hard that Latinos, the majority, are extremely indignant, angry, and that will probably encourage them to go out in good numbers and vote against him,” he added.
The importance of the Latino vote has become vital in tipping the balance in elections, especially in swing states, those where there is no clear tendency for any party, so the community has taken power to assert its demands and presidential candidates often turn to these minorities to try to win their vote.
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