Latino Trump Voters Twice As Likely To Describe Themselves As ‘American’ Than By Ethnicity

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Ethnic identity appears significantly less important to the identities of Latinos who voted for President Donald Trump than those who voted for Kamala Harris, according to a new Pew Research poll, which suggests the fastest-growing U.S. voter bloc is starkly divided in its politics.

Twice as many Latino Trump voters, 43%, say they most often describe themselves as “American” compared to 22% of Harris voters and 18% of all Hispanic adults, according to a new Pew Research survey.

More than half of Latino Harris voters, 54%, either use their country of origin/heritage alone or combined with American to describe themselves, compared to 36% of Latino Trump voters and 53% of all Hispanic adults.

Meanwhile, 57% of Latino Trump voters say what happens to Hispanics in the U.S. doesn’t affect what happens in their own lives, compared to 24% of Latino Harris votes and 3% of all Hispanic adults.

57% of Latino Trump voters also say being Hispanic neither helps nor hurts them get ahead in America, compared to 38% of Harris voters and 40% of all Hispanic adults.