Latino voters are a growing force in Pennsylvania’s old industrial towns − and they could provide Harris or Trump with their margin of victory

Growing Latino presence But Allentown, Bethlehem and other older industrial cities in Pennsylvania have made a remarkable recovery thanks in part to the arrival of new residents – most of them Latinos from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Since the 1990s, these newcomers have helped restore p...

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Published inThe Conversation U.S
Main Author Sandoval-Strausz, A K
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston The Conversation US, Inc 03.10.2024
Subjects
Cities
Endorsements
Factories
Hispanic Americans
Political parties
Presidential elections
Voters
Puerto Rico
United States > US
Dominican Republic
Pennsylvania
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Summary:Growing Latino presence But Allentown, Bethlehem and other older industrial cities in Pennsylvania have made a remarkable recovery thanks in part to the arrival of new residents – most of them Latinos from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Since the 1990s, these newcomers have helped restore population growth, stabilize housing markets and provide labor to new industries such as warehousing and transportation. According to a 2022 survey from Pew Research Center, 60% of Latino adults in the U.S. say the Democratic Party represents the interests of “people like them,” compared with 34% who say the same of the Republican Party. [...]Mexicans and Puerto Ricans have shown the greatest loyalty to the Democratic Party, while Cubans are famously the most Republican-leaning, followed by Venezuelans. [...]Pennsylvania’s Hispanic population shows a very different distribution from the national scene.