MIAMI — With about a month left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments as he courted a crowd of conservative Latinos in Miami, home to a growing community of Republican Hispanic supporters in Florida.
During his nearly hour-long keynote speech at the America First Policy Institute’s Hispanic Leadership Conference, Trump — who isn’t on the ballot but is expected to run for president in 2024 — slammed President Joe Biden’s immigration policies and inflation, while emphasizing his support among Latinos. In 2020, Trump’s support among Hispanic voters in South Florida buoyed his numbers throughout Miami-Dade County and ultimately helped him win comfortably in the state.
Since then, Florida Republicans — with some financial backing from Gov. Ron DeSantis — have doubled-down on those gains statewide and surpassed Democrats in voter registration numbers for the first time in recent Florida history. The party now has a greater-than 1% advantage over Democrats among registered voters in Florida, according to a Miami Herald analysis of state voter data.
