Charted: Latino shift
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Arizona mirrored a national trend of Latino voters shifting right in last week's presidential election.
Why it matters: Trump's historic gains among Latino voters in a range of demographic voting blocs — particularly men — helped push Vice President Harris to the worst showing among Latinos for a Democratic presidential candidate in 20 years.
- Latino voters appeared to look beyond the racist rhetoric Trump's used to describe undocumented immigrants in an election in which the economy and inflation were top concerns.
Zoom in: About 55% of Latino voters said they supported Harris in exit polls compared to about 63% who said they supported President Biden four years ago.
The intrigue: Arizona Latinos still supported Harris at a higher rate than the national average of 52%.
What they're saying: Democrats failed to give Latinos a clear economic message while Trump focused on it in all of his rallies and commercials, University of Houston political science professor Jeronimo Cortina told Axios Latino.
- "Latinos were saying, 'I don't care what Trump says. I want to be able to pay the bills. I want to be able to send my kid to college. I want to pay the mortgage, to afford a new car.' "