Although Donald Trump managed to gain vital support among Latino voters—especially with Latino men, that surge was not represented equally across the electoral map.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution has reported that Latinos in Georgia supported the Democratic party about the same as they did in 2020. Per NBC News exit polls, Trump received with 45% of the national Latino vote—a record-high for a Republican presidential nominee.
However, in Georgia the results were less drastic.
NBC also noted that Kamala Harris’ received 56% of Georgia’s Latino electorate in 2024 (56%), which was just one percentage point less than President Joe Biden’s in 2020.
Across the seven battleground states this election, Harris’ -1% differential compared to Biden among Latinos in Georgia was only outdone by her performance in Wisconsin (+1%).
Despite Trump’s Latino gains, vote tallies in several Georgia counties banish the belief that that particular group in every state wholly backed the President-elect. According to Gwinnett records, Harris won 57.7% of the vote, similar to Biden’s 58.3% back in 2020.
According to the research firm Equis, which is studies Latino voters, Trump support grew by six points across metro Atlanta precincts where over 20% of registered voters identified as Latino. Compared to this population on a national scale, it’s a meager shift.
The Latino community in Georgia has arrived in the U.S. just recently. Per census data, more than 40% of Georgia Latinos in 2022 were out of the country. Obtaining citizenship status is a requirement to participate in government elections, though this doesn’t negate or minimize the Latino immigrant experience.
In the 2024 election, Latinos cast nearly 180,000 ballots with 46.8% of registered Hispanic voters showing up per state data. Hispanic turnout increased in comparison to 2020 as well as in 2016.