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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe in Miami

How Trump won over Latino and Hispanic voters in historic numbers

a man with a group of people surrounding him in front of a sign that says Latino Americans for Trump
Donald Trump prays during a roundtable discussion with Latino community leaders in Miami, Florida, on 22 October 2024. Photograph: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

The raucous early morning celebration in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood was of a magnitude not seen since the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro died eight years previously. In the immigrant-saturated suburb of Westchester, too, Latinos partied beyond daybreak as Donald Trump’s return to the White House was confirmed.

Wednesday morning’s revelry in south Florida reflected a stunning victory for Trump in the previously solid blue, Hispanic-majority county of Miami-Dade that had not been won by a Republican presidential candidate in more than 30 years.

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