Why minorities voted for Donald Trump in New York leading to the best showing for a Republican in a generation
President-elect Donald Trump made huge gains with black, Hispanic and young voters in New York this election — bringing him closer to turning the deep-blue state red than any Republican candidate has come in a generation.Trump siphoned off significant support from all three reliably Democratic voting blocs, culminating in a historically poor showing in the Empire State for Vice President Kamala Harris, who won just 55.8% of the vote statewide.Broken down demographically, a portrait of the Democrats’ colossal failure becomes painfully clear.Among Hispanic voters, Trump captured 35% of the vote, a ten-point improvement over his 2020 showing, according to voter analysis conducted by Fox News in collaboration with the Associated Press.Harris, meanwhile, picked up 64% of the Hispanic vote, a 10-point drop from President Biden’s 74% from four years ago.Trump also doubled his support among black voters in New York this year, claiming 16% to Harris’ 83%.
In 2020, Biden won 91% of the vote while Trump eked out 7% — an average showing for a Republican in New York, the analysis shows.In both cases, the President-elect’s gains were matched by embarrassing declines from the Democrats, who, astonishingly, did worse among black voters than in the last election despite Harris being a woman of color.Additionally, Trump snapped up support from 43% of New York voters under age 30 in 2024, compared to a little over half (57%) who threw their support behind Harris, according to the data.
In 2020, roughly two-thirds (64%) of young New York voters supported Biden in his winning 2020 White House bid, while Trump picked up 32%.In the ultra-progressive Big Apple specifically, 30.45% of voters pulled the lever for Trump, compared to 67.7% for Harris, according to the city Board of Elections.That’s almost 10 points lower than Biden, who notched 75.7% of the vote in 2020, and more than 10% lower than Hillary Clinton in her unsuccessful 2016 run.The President-elect did especial...