Where Joe Biden Is Underperforming Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by a solid margin—about 7 percentage points nationally, as of this writing. He’s built his advantage by improving on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 success with suburban voters, seniors, and college-educated white Americans.
But when it comes to Latinos, Biden may have a problem. Although he’s dramatically outpacing Trump among Latinos overall, he’s falling behind Clinton’s pace, including in the key state of Florida. An analysis by Harry Enten at CNN found that Biden’s average lead among Latinos is 9 points lower than Clinton’s around this time four years ago. If Biden can’t close the deal with this crucial constituency, it could spell trouble for him across the country.
That Trump’s standing among the Latino community could have improvedover the past few years about northbound caravans set on invading the country, in despicable conditions, after a hurricane demolished the island, and empowered ICE to do , including and reportedly . What’s more, his administration bungled the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed Latinos at a disproportionate rate.
