I think relying on demographics to give the Democratic Party control of congress and the government forever is a mistake. White Liberals paint Trump a racist. But Trump received 12% of the black vote in 2020. That's the largest percentage of the black vote any Republican candidate for president had received since Gerald Ford received 15% back in 1976.
Trump also received 32% of the Hispanic vote in 2020, That's a higher percentage of any Republican presidential candidate going back to Reagan in 1984 with the exception of 2000 and 2004 when G.W. Bush received 35% and 40% of the Hispanic vote. Reagan received 37% of the Hispanic vote in 1984. Bush spoke Spanish and made several political ads in Spanish. On the border area, Trump received 41% of the Hispanic vote in Texas, 38% in New Mexico and 37% in Arizona. Contrast to a state far away from the border, New York for example, Trump received only 22% of the Hispanic vote there.
Trump received 34% of the Asian vote, the most since 2004 when G.W. Bush received 41%. Comparing Trump to other Republican presidential candidates who weren't painted as racist, he did pretty well among minorities. Why was that?
My question is, is this a trend, minorities beginning to vote more Republican or was 2020 a one shot deal? I suppose we'll have to wait until 2024 to find out.
