Listen to this note:
The recent elections on November 5 leave us with many questions, as the factors that determined the results are very diverse: political violence, the female vote, the impact of immigration issues on voter motivation and the role of communities of color made the difference.
The election results seem to make no sense, as many immigrant men chose Trump as their best option, even knowing the hate speech he has used for years against immigrant communities.
Working-class Hispanics voted massively for Trump and that made the big difference in the election results, commented Professor Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and founder of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats (CPOST), during a briefing held by Ethnic Media Services.
Donald Trump, during his campaign, created a very strong multiracial base, turning migrant communities against each other, generating a feeling of self-protection for personal gain, said Professor of Political Science Pape.
According to polls, women were 10 points less likely to vote for Trump this year, as women have tended to vote more for Democratic candidates and men for Republicans since the 1980s, Pape said.
For its part, Kelly Dittmar, Research Director of the Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University ,He explained that in the case of Latina women, support for Kamala Harris increased, unlike Latino men who supported Trump.
Kelly Dittmar commented that of the voters who supported Kamala Harris, 44 percent are men and 54 percent are women, leaving a 10 percent difference in gender, regarding race the difference is evident, since 86 percent of African-American voters supported the Democrat, of that percentage, women were the ones who gave her their full support.
With these results, it can be seen that gender did have an influence, as Trump has shown a very masculine profile; some sectors of society feel intimidated by women, thinking that society is becoming very soft and feminine, added the professor of Political Sciences. Dittmar.
John C. Yang, president and CEO of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, said the Asian community was encouraged to vote this year, with 1 in 8 voters expected to cast their ballot, and voters ages 18 to 29 showing high participation in their first election.
Sixty-one percent of Asian Americans voted for the Democratic candidate, up from 68 percent in 2020.
Yang said the issues they care most about are voting and reproductive rights, immigration and housing.
Vanessa Cardenas, executive director of American's Voice, said exit poll data showed that many identified Trump as an economic security, leading most to believe he was the best choice for the country.
"We must be ready to raise our voices and take care of families, migrants and all those who may be attacked for expressing themselves," Cárdenas added.
He also said that many are concerned about their communities, as hate speech pits races against each other and, by being separated, everyone is vulnerable.
Experts are concerned about their communities, as hate speech creates uncertainty among communities of color themselves, so they call for being critical, caring for each other, and not allowing differences in race, culture, or religion to separate one another from a single enemy that will not hesitate to prevail.
You may be interested in: Bay Area organizations unite in support of immigrants as Donald Trump enters the White House
