Trump has made gains with Latino men. Why they're voting Republican and how Harris is addressing it.

A growing number of Latino men say they will vote Republican in this election cycle, compared with 2020, according to a September NBC News poll.

Chris Gonzalez, 33, just voted in his first presidential election. The Tucson, Arizona, resident cast his ballot for former President Donald Trump.

“I just want the economy to be better,” Gonzalez, currently a salesperson for a roofing company, said. “I remember I was unemployed when he [Trump] was when he first got office, and I always had job offers. The price of consumables was cheaper. … And under this administration it’s like some months we barely get by.”

Gonzalez is one of a growing number of Latino men who say they will vote Republican in this election cycle, compared with 2020, according to a September NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll, reducing a lead Democrats held over this key demographic.

While Vice President Kamala Harris led Trump among Hispanic voters overall, 54% to 40%, each candidate got 47% support among Latino men, a marked difference from the 26-point lead Harris had among Latinas.

Huemac Badilla, 54, who voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and again this year, said he can remember attending his very first Trump rally in 2015. He had seen the Republican candidate pool slowly dwindle and as a result decided to research the Trump campaign. It wasn’t long after that when he and his wife traveled from Chandler, Arizona, to Phoenix to attend what would end up being the first of several Trump events he’s been to. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-latino-men-republican-vote-2024-election-harris-rcna177240

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