{"id":2286776,"date":"2024-07-01T06:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-hispanic-americans-pledge-political-independence-policies-over-personalities-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T06:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T10:23:56","slug":"nevadas-hispanic-americans-pledge-political-independence-policies-over-personalities-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-hispanic-americans-pledge-political-independence-policies-over-personalities-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada&#8217;s Hispanic Americans prioritize policy over personality in politics &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fnevadas-hispanic-americans-pledge-political-independence-policies-over-personalities-washington-examiner%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=2286776&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>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-allows-idaho-to-enforce-abortion-law-ahead-of-hearing-case\/\" title=\"Idaho can enforce abortion law before case hearing, rules Supreme Court\">pivotal election year<\/a>, Hispanic Americans in \u2063Nevada are showing a significant\u200c and potentially decisive shift\u200c in their\u2062 political allegiance, which\u2064 could have major implications for\u200b the presidential race. Historically, the \u200bLatino vote has leaned \u2064Democratic, but recent \u2063trends suggest Republicans are gaining traction. For \u2064instance, while \u2064Mitt Romney secured only 27% of \u2063the Hispanic vote in 2012, Donald \u200dTrump \u200cincreased this to 38%\u2064 by\u2064 2020. This shift is\u200d underscored by observations from leaders within Nevada\u2019s \u200cLatino\u2064 community, like Peter \u2062Guzman of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, \u200cwho notes\u2064 a movement away from the Democratic\u200b Party, and Michael Flores, a community outreach professional, who emphasizes that\u2062 voter\u2064 behavior cannot be\u200c taken for granted and each vote must be earned.<\/p>\n<p>The economic concerns seem to be at the forefront for \u2064Latino voters, overshadowing other issues including\u200b immigration, despite\u200c Trump\u2019s controversial statements on the subject. According \u2062to Guzman, economic\u200c issues outweigh the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-call-out-democrat-hypocrisy-in-video-montage\/\" title=\"Trump Lawyers Call Out Democrat \u2018Hypocrisy\u2019 In Video Montage\">typical political rhetoric<\/a> around immigration and\u200d other \u200csocial\u2062 issues, suggesting a potential pivot away from Joe Biden \u200bdue to dissatisfaction with economic progress. This trend is evidenced by \u2064polling data which highlights that\u2062 key economic concerns such as\u200b inflation, jobs, and the cost of living are increasingly becoming priorities for the Latino \u200celectorate in Nevada.  <\/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>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>election year<\/a> where voters are transferring loyalties and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a> has attracted historic levels of support, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hispanics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hispanic Americans<\/a> are adding fuel to the fire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nevada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nevada<\/a>. The Latino community&rsquo;s growing concern about the economy could spell trouble for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, but its political independence means they&rsquo;re not in Republicans&rsquo; pocket either. Whoever they support, Nevada&rsquo;s Hispanics will play a critical role in deciding who the country&rsquo;s next president is this November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The GOP has made substantial inroads in gaining Hispanic support since former president Barack Obama won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/completely-absent-arizona-law-enforcement-leaders-slam-mark-kelly\/\" title=\"\u2018Completely Absent\u2019: Arizona Law Enforcement Leaders Slam Mark Kelly\">voting block<\/a> by overwhelming margins in 2012. In the battle between the Democratic president and Republican Mitt Romney, the GOP nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/11\/07\/latino-voters-in-the-2012-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>took<\/a> only 27% of the Hispanic vote. Just two presidential cycles later, Latino support for Republicans expanded by over 10% nationwide, In 2020, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump?source=%2Ffec-dems-lay-groundwork-to-ban-fox-wsj-political-coverage%2Farticle%2F2603177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/politics\/2021\/06\/30\/behind-bidens-2020-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claimed<\/a> 38% of the nation&rsquo;s Latino vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/John Locher)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peter Guzman, the President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce in Nevada, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he is seeing a political shift in Nevada&rsquo;s Latino community. The leader of the most powerful Hispanic chamber in Nevada, boasting 2,000 Latino members, Guzman says he&rsquo;s watching a movement &ldquo;away from the Democrat Party.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While data surrounding the margin of GOP expansion is mixed, it is undeniable that Republicans are making inroads in the Silver State. After the 2016 election, a national exit poll conducted by Edison Research showed Trump captured 29% of the Latino vote in Nevada, a significant increase from Romney&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2012\/12\/13\/latinos-didnt-cost-mitt-romney-the-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>24%<\/a> in 2012. An analysis by the<em> Nevada Independent<\/em> showed wildly different results than the Edison survey. The newspaper claims that while Democratic presidential nominee Hilary Clinton did receive fewer Latino votes than the previous election cycle, Trump still <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/precinct-returns-prove-exit-polls-wrong-latino-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>only garnered<\/a> 10% of the vote to Clinton&rsquo;s 88%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Going by Edison&rsquo;s data, Trump&rsquo;s slice of Nevada&rsquo;s Latino vote expanded at least 6% in 2020, with exit polls showing him at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/election\/2020\/exit-polls\/president\/nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>35%<\/a>. If the 2016 was closer to the Nevada Independent&rsquo;s claims, the GOP nominee expanded his lead by 25%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Flores is a longtime Nevada government affairs and community outreach professional who serves as the Vice President of Government and Community Engagement for the University of Nevada. Flores says the changes in his Hispanic community are real. &ldquo;There is a shift, and I don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s just in the polls,&rdquo; he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;Voters are doing a lot smarter,&rdquo; Flores said, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t just assume that a certain age group or certain demographics going to vote a certain way. I think every vote has to be earned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With Trump&rsquo;s well-documented and oft-inflammatory rhetoric on illegal immigration, the former president&rsquo;s inroads into the Latino community continue to surprise political pundits. A comment from Flores might explain Latinos&rsquo; lack of concern: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s not talking about me.&rdquo; Flores says that&rsquo;s what he hears from his Hispanic community when Trump&rsquo;s immigration comments come up. Like Guzman, he reiterated that other issues, &ldquo;like the economy&rdquo; seem to be more important to Latinos he&rsquo;s surrounded by in Nevada than the former president&rsquo;s controversial comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both Guzman and Flores told the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em> the economy is the top issue for voters this election cycle, which would explain a pivot away from Presidential incumbent Joe Biden. &ldquo;At the end of the day, I believe people always think about what&rsquo;s happening with their wallet,&rdquo; Guzman said, calling the economy &ldquo;the number one issue&rdquo; for Latino voters. <\/p>\n<p>Guzman said the Biden administration seems to be missing a golden opportunity to capture the Latino vote. The Hispanic leader lamented that Nevada Latinos aren&rsquo;t hearing about the issues that matter most to them &ndash; the economy, and immigration. &ldquo;I think all we really hear about is abortion,&rdquo; Guzman said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/nevada\/latino-voters-could-decide-2024-election-what-issues-matter-to-them-3075057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> 38%<\/a> of Nevada&rsquo;s Latino voters cited combined concerns about inflation, the cost of living, jobs, and the economy as their top issues this election. That number is up from <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/report-latino-voter-shift-toward-trump-in-2020-driven-by-economy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>33%<\/a> in 2016, and down from a record high of 51% in 2020 during the pandemic. Polls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/latinos-favor-trump-biden-economy-support-president-shutting-border-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>show<\/a> Trump enjoys wide support from Latino voters on economic issues, with 42% support to Biden&rsquo;s 20%.&nbsp;Only 12% of Nevadan Hispanic voters chose immigration and the border as their top priority in 2024, down from<a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/article\/report-latino-voter-shift-toward-trump-in-2020-driven-by-economy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> 21%<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>While the economy has overtaken immigration as the top issue for Hispanics, that&rsquo;s not to say they aren&rsquo;t frustrated with immigration policy. Nationwide, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/latinos-favor-trump-biden-economy-support-president-shutting-border-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>holds<\/a> a 7% lead over Biden with Latino support for immigration policy, but Flores and Guzman warned that Nevada Latinos are upset with both parties for failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nearly-1000-child-migrants-held-more-than-10-days-in-border-detention-facilities\/\" title=\"Report: Nearly 1,000 Child Migrants Held More Than 10 Days In Border Detention Facilities\">pass comprehensive immigration reform<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of frustration,&rdquo; Flores says about &ldquo;the lack of action by Congress. And this is both sides, not just Democrats, but Republicans too. Because when Republicans propose something Democrats, when Democrats propose something, Republicans don&rsquo;t like it.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Hispanic American Andres Ramirez, right, attends a Democratic organizational meeting in Las Vegas. (AP Photo\/Isaac Brekken)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, &ldquo;Hispanics are looking at policies over personalities,&rdquo; Guzman, who is a second-generation immigrant after his father fled Cuba 50 years ago, said. <\/p>\n<p>Flores said that the traditionally Democratic voting block&rsquo;s shift isn&rsquo;t about &ldquo;running to the Republican Party,&rdquo; but embracing a more independent outlook on politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an election year marked by shifting loyalties and a popular independent candidate, Hispanic Americans in Nevada are significantly impacting the race. Their economic worries may pose challenges for President Biden, yet their political independence keeps them from being guaranteed Republican supporters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2286777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latinos-for-trump-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33445,5592,4326,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2286776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hispanic-americans","tag-nevada","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latinos-for-trump-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286776","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2286777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}