Hey! Check this out!- White men swung to Biden. Trump made gains with black and Latino voters. Why?

  In the recent presidential election, female voters shifted toward Trump. He won white women by 11% which is 2% more than the previous election. While Hispanic and Latino women's votes are primarily voting democratic with 44% more than republicans in the 2016 election, that shifted by 5% towards the republican party. The Black female vote has also shifted 9% toward Trump in the 2020 election going from 90% to 81%. Trump saw an increase in male Black and Hispanic voters as well which led to a total of a 4% increase in Black American votes, a 3% increase in Hispanic and Latino voters, and a 5% increase in Asian American voters. Even though a majority of Hispanic and Latino votes went to the democratic party, there was evidence of a significant number of voters shifting to the republican party. Similar trends can be seen among Asian Americans. Japanese voters are the only Asian group that has shifted more towards the democratic party in the recent elections. Despite the fact that the democratic party has minority groups and women at a high priority, the votes have shifted toward Trump. In fact, the only group that didn’t seem to shift towards Trump seemed to be the people that his campaign is often biased towards, white men. White men shifted 8% to the democratic party from 2016 to 2020. The increase in minorities voting for the republican party is not exactly a new trend. Since 2010, the democratic party has seen a decrease in these minority voters. This led to Trump ultimately winning the 2016 election. Coming up on the 2020 election, it was waiting to be seen if the decrease in white voters would eclipse the increase in minority voters. It is believed that Hispanic and Latino voters won Trump in both Florida and Texas while Black voters won him North Carolina and Georgia. Ultimately the defections of white men led to Trump’s loss and Biden’s win.

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