Las Vegas (Nevada), Oct. 30 (askanews) – The Latino vote was decisive for Donald Trump's victory in Nevada, one of the key states in the 2024 presidential election. But in Las Vegas, ahead of the midterm elections on November 3, Latino voters are growing disillusioned with the White House.
The economic promises, the cost of living, and the crackdown on immigration are fueling doubts even among those who supported the Republican president. “I'm not as satisfied with the second term as I was with the first,” explains Carmen Peinado. “During the election campaign, he made many promises that, in my opinion, he didn't keep, or he completely distanced himself from what he said he wanted to do.” “I really think it's still too early.
"I mean, he's been in office for a year and a half. I give anyone four years to make a difference; you can't just jump from one administration to the next and expect everything to change overnight," says Antonio Munoz, a restaurant owner in Las Vegas's Latino market. Among the most controversial issues are immigration policies and the treatment of undocumented migrants, which have been criticized even by those who voted for Trump in the past. "The fact that federal agents have indiscriminately targeted undocumented people, and also the way these people have been treated.
“I don’t think it’s right,” says Carmen Peinado, who voted for Trump in 2020 but abstained in 2024. Nevada thus returns to the center of the American electoral challenge, with the vote of “Hispanic” voters that could once again prove decisive for the political balance of the state.
Askanews