Donald Trump gained a larger portion of Black and Latino voters than he did in 2020 when he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, and most notably among men under age 45. Trump’s victory was fueled by support from Latino and Hispanic voters, particularly Latino men, and young ones who were more open to Trump than in 2020. This came as a surprise to critics that despite his harsh criticism of immigrants, including rhetoric that they are “drug dealers”, “murderers” and “rapists”, and his promise to conduct the largest deportation effort in US history soon after he takes office. Many of the Black and Latino men said that under Trump as president, our economy will get much better than it is right now.

The majority of young Black men voters described the economy as “not so good” or “poor,” compared with about half of older Black voters. Majorities of Latino voters, regardless of age, said the economy is in bad shape. The economy and jobs made men under age 45 more open to Trump. Voters overall cited the economy and jobs as the most important issue the country faced and that Trump would make it better. That belief made it more difficult for Harris to highlight the actual numbers in the economy, which show that inflation has gone down to its lowest level in three years, unemployment remains low, and wages have risen. Male  Black and Hispanic voters simply did not feel that progress.

But will Trump deliver? Gallishaw, 25, who is Black, also voted for Trump twice before. This year, he said, he thought the former president’s “minority community outreach showed up.” Uscanga, a 20-year-old college student from Brownville, Texas, voted in a presidential election and said “Gas, grocery shopping even as a college student, everything has gone up in price and that is a big concern for me and other issues like immigration. Under the Trump presidency, more opportunities abound.” The amount of comments and votes for Trump shocked the Democratic party and will talked about and studied for future elections.