{"id":2211189,"date":"2024-04-02T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/base-jumpers-how-a-rumored-trump-vp-pick-could-help-seal-one-path-to-defeating-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:48:35","slug":"base-jumpers-how-a-rumored-trump-vp-pick-could-help-seal-one-path-to-defeating-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/base-jumpers-how-a-rumored-trump-vp-pick-could-help-seal-one-path-to-defeating-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Base jumpers: Exploring how a potential Trump VP selection might impact the path to beating Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbase-jumpers-how-a-rumored-trump-vp-pick-could-help-seal-one-path-to-defeating-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 article \u200ddiscusses the evolving dynamics of voter support among Black,\u200b Latino communities, and \u200byoung voters,\u200c impacting the political\u2062 landscape. It explores the potential influence of a \u2062Trump VP pick on the\u200b 2024 election, \u2064focusing \u200bon Trump&#8217;s strategies to win over Latino voters\u2064 and the \u2063significance of \u200dkey issues like \u2062the economy and immigration \u200bin shaping voter decisions. The article delves \u200binto the shifting voter support \u200dtrends within Black, Latino, and young voter demographics, highlighting their impact on\u200b the political \u2064sphere. It analyzes the possible effects of a\u200c Trump VP selection in the upcoming 2024 election, emphasizing his efforts\u200b to attract Latino voters and the pivotal role of economic and immigration \u200bpolicies in voter preferences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Democrats have traditionally been able to bank on three major voting blocs backing them at the ballot box. However, President Joe Biden may not have that luxury this time around. Former President Donald Trump has made significant inroads with the black and Latino communities, as well as young voters, all of whom are seeing significant shifts away from their traditional Democratic Party home. If Biden cannot turn the tide, his path to victory in 2024 becomes much more narrow and, in some crucial swing states, almost impossible. In this series, Base Jumpers, the <\/em>Washington Examiner<em> looks at each of those three bases in detail. Piece two is about how Trump could win just enough Latino voters to defeat Biden.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>A key path to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> winning another four years in the White House relies on winning just enough Latino voters to deny President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> victory in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> race. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2930876\/hispanic-voters-trending-toward-gop-key-battleground-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Recent polling<\/a> shows Trump is neck and neck with Biden among Hispanic voters in at least two swing states that will help decide an election expected to be close. <\/p>\n<p>In Arizona, Trump and Biden poll at 46% in a hypothetical matchup, according to a poll from the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanprinciplesproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/APP-Hispanic-AZ-NV-Deck-3-24-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>American Principles Project<\/a>. In Nevada, Biden is leading Trump by just 2 percentage points, 42% to 40%. <\/p>\n<p>Reports that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the son of Cuban immigrants, could join Trump\u2019s ticket as his running mate may not necessarily be enough of a factor to win over Latino support, experts told the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHispanics primarily are going to vote based on the issues, not on if there\u2019s a Hispanic on the ticket,\u201d said Alfonso Aguilar, APP director of Hispanic engagement. \u201cThat may be exciting for Cuban voters in southern Florida. But for the majority of Hispanics, because it\u2019s not monolithic, it\u2019s not really a huge factor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>However, other experts said there were some benefits to a Trump-Rubio ticket. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRubio would be a substantial asset to President Trump on the campaign trail for several compelling reasons. Chief among them is that the GOP\u2019s recent gains among Hispanic voters has been primarily among English-dominant Hispanics,\u201d said Giancarlo Sopo, a media strategist who helmed Trump\u2019s 2020 Hispanic advertising efforts. \u201cRubio\u2019s fluency enables direct communication with Spanish-speaking voters, effectively circumventing the liberal Spanish-language media networks. Such a move could be pivotal in unlocking wider support among Hispanic communities and would give the Republican ticket a major advantage over the Biden-Harris campaign.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Lorna Romero Ferguson, a Republican political strategist based in Arizona, said a Rubio announcement could benefit Trump, provided there is effective outreach to Latino voters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it is Marco Rubio, what is their overall strategy to then reach out to Latino voters?\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to name him as your VP, but if that\u2019s all you do, that\u2019s not going to cut it. So the campaign would really need to create a Latino outreach infrastructure and really have Marco Rubio on the trail, speaking to voters to earn their support.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>If Rubio were Trump\u2019s running mate, either he or Trump would have to change state residency due to the Constitution barring electors from voting for a president and vice president from the same state. <\/p>\n<p>Another chief concern for Hispanic and Latino voters was the economy, according to the APP poll. \u201cFrom what we\u2019ve seen in our polling and other polling, \u2026 certainly the economy, and they\u2019re being hit by high prices like most working Americans.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A November <a href=\"https:\/\/unidosus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/unidosus_national_surveyoflatinovoters.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>survey from BSP Research<\/a> on behalf of UnidosUS and Mi Familia Vota\u00a0showed inflation and the rising cost of living (54%), jobs and the economy (44%), healthcare (33%), crime and guns (29%), and housing costs (25%) were the top priorities for Latino voters. <\/p>\n<p>Immigration and the border was still a top concern for Latino voters at 20%. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of the people that are voting, from what I\u2019ve heard in the Latino community, they\u2019re going towards Trump because of the border,\u201d Joseph Vargas, a veteran Texas GOP consultant, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cBecause they\u2019re seeing the response to the communities has been horrible because of the border. I don\u2019t know how anybody could say that it\u2019s been handled.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump has long campaigned on stopping the flow of immigrants who enter the United States illegally, building a wall on the southern border, and attacking Biden for allowing an influx of alleged \u201ccriminals\u201d and \u201cterrorists\u201d into the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>In an email sent to reporters late last month, the Trump campaign slammed Biden again over immigration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrooked Joe Biden\u2019s\u00a0Border\u00a0Crisis has created a tragic surge in violent crime against innocent American citizens at the hands of some of the world\u2019s most violent criminals \u2014 who would have never been in our country under\u00a0President\u00a0Donald\u00a0J.\u00a0Trump,\u201d the email said. \u201cBiden could end the carnage today, but he won\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>It appears his attacks are working. A March <em>Associated Press<\/em>\/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/border-immigration-trump-biden-rhetoric-2024-election-327c08045edcc200f850d893de6a79d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> showed 73% of Hispanic adults disapproved of how Biden was handling border security. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been seeing, especially here in Arizona, a lot of recent reports about certain groups getting arrested in the state or seizures of fentanyl and whatnot. And so that ends up being tied into public safety, which people care about,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cThat presents a great opportunity for Trump and Republicans at large to really focus on the border security issue when it comes to keeping communities safe.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But she cautioned that Trump needed to focus on the \u201cright messaging. And not get lured into making comments that could be potentially derogatory towards immigrants.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign isn\u2019t simply ceding Latino voters over to Trump. It launched Latinos con Biden-Harris as Biden stumped through Arizona, Nevada, and Texas in mid-March in a bid to appeal to Latino voters. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>President Joe Biden listens before he speaks at a campaign event at El Portal restaurant on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLatinos con Biden-Harris will be essential to activating and mobilizing Latinos across the country and, importantly, is another way we are making clear with action that we are investing aggressively into earning the Latino vote,\u201d Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez said in a statement at the time. \u201cOur community has deep roots in organizing, and we are excited to harness that skillset to fight for our families, our communities, and against Donald Trump\u2019s anti-Latino agenda. There\u2019s too much at stake in this election.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The battle for Latino voters has sprawled beyond those living in battleground states such as Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and North Carolina. But even in states such as Florida, a former battleground state. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign announced its leadership team in the Sunshine State on Monday. Jasmine Burney-Clark will serve as the campaign\u2019s state director, with Phillip Jerez and\u00a0Jackie Lee as senior advisers to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before the announcement, the Trump war room account boosted a story about a Florida Democratic Hispanic media event that was lambasted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/news-columns-blogs\/fabiola-santiago\/article287165135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Miami Herald<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>During the 2016 election, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/election\/2016\/results\/exit-polls\/national\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>won 28%<\/a> of the Latino vote, compared to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s 66%. Four years later, he would improve his share by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/exit-polls\/president\/national-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>winning 32%<\/a> of the Latino vote to Biden\u2019s 65%. <\/p>\n<p>But Aguilar, of the American Principles Project, said Trump could make significant gains in 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could actually surpass nationally what George Bush got in the 2004 election. George W. Bush got to 44%,\u201d Aguilar said. \u201cNationally, I think Trump will get to 45% or more and even higher in some states where it matters.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bush\u2019s 44% of the Latino vote in 2004 was a 10-percentage-point increase from the Latino vote in 2000, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/hispanic\/2005\/06\/27\/iv-how-latinos-voted-in-2004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Election Pool\u00a0exit polls<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Sopo, the media strategist, claimed that \u201cRepublicans are poised to capitalize on President Biden\u2019s historically low approval ratings among Hispanics.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vargas, the Texas GOP strategist, offered a slightly different opinion and claimed Trump could defeat Biden without winning a majority of Latino voters in November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think Trump would get a majority overall because Democrats have done a great job at pretty much just making Trump look evil,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cBut I think he will get enough that it will surprise the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically, Democrats relied on three key voting blocs. 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Former President Trump has garnered support from Black, Latino communities, and young voters, a potential game-changer in upcoming elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2211190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24075529617862-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24075529617862-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}