In Georgia, Latino voters demonstrated a striking consistency with their 2020 preferences, defying the national narrative of a significant Republican surge. While Donald Trump made notable gains among Latino men nationwide, winning 45% of the national Latino vote according to NBC exit polls, his support in Georgia’s Latino electorate showed far less dramatic shifts, reaffirming the state’s Democratic lean among Hispanic voters.
Kamala Harris secured 56% of Georgia’s Latino vote, nearly matching President Joe Biden’s 57% in 2020, based on NBC exit polls. This modest one-point decline highlights the resilience of Democratic support in the state, especially in key counties like Gwinnett, where Harris garnered 57.7% of the vote compared to Biden’s 58.3%. These results contrast starkly with the larger Latino gains Trump achieved in other battleground states.
Research from Equis, a firm specializing in Latino voter behavior, indicated that Trump’s support among Latino-heavy precincts in metro Atlanta increased by six points. While notable, this rise is minor compared to the broader national swing. Georgia’s Latino population remains relatively new to the electoral process, with over 40% of state Latinos in 2022 having immigrated in recent years, according to census data.
Turnout among Georgia’s Hispanic voters climbed in 2024, with nearly 180,000 ballots cast and 46.8% of registered Hispanic voters participating, a notable increase from both 2016 and 2020. This growing engagement reflects the community’s evolving role in state politics as a crucial but still emerging electoral force.
Georgia’s Latino electorate is an outlier in the broader context of Trump’s national gains. Their voting patterns underscore the importance of understanding regional nuances within the Latino community, which remains far from a monolithic bloc. While national headlines focus on Republican momentum, Georgia’s results reveal a more complex and localized political dynamic.
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