Why minorities voted for Donald Trump in New York — leading to the best showing for a Republican in a generation

President-elect Donald Trump made immense gains pinch black, Hispanic and young voters successful New York this predetermination — bringing him closer to turning nan deep-blue authorities red than immoderate Republican campaigner has travel successful a generation.

Trump siphoned disconnected important support from each 3 reliably Democratic voting blocs, culminating successful a historically mediocre showing successful nan Empire State for Vice President Kamala Harris, who won conscionable 55.8% of nan ballot statewide.

Broken down demographically, a image of nan Democrats’ colossal nonaccomplishment becomes painfully clear.

Among Hispanic voters, Trump captured 35% of nan vote, a ten-point betterment over his 2020 showing, according to elector study conducted by Fox News successful collaboration pinch nan Associated Press.

Harris, meanwhile, picked up 64% of nan Hispanic vote, a 10-point driblet from President Biden’s 74% from 4 years ago.

Trump besides doubled his support among achromatic voters successful New York this year, claiming 16% to Harris’ 83%. In 2020, Biden won 91% of nan ballot while Trump eked retired 7% — an mean showing for a Republican successful New York, nan study shows.

In some cases, nan President-elect’s gains were matched by embarrassing declines from nan Democrats, who, astonishingly, did worse among achromatic voters than successful nan past predetermination contempt Harris being a female of color.

Additionally, Trump snapped up support from 43% of New York voters nether property 30 successful 2024, compared to a small complete half (57%) who threw their support down Harris, according to nan data.

In 2020, astir two-thirds (64%) of young New York voters supported Biden successful his winning 2020 White House bid, while Trump picked up 32%.

In nan ultra-progressive Big Apple specifically, 30.45% of voters pulled nan lever for Trump, compared to 67.7% for Harris, according to the city Board of Elections. That’s almost 10 points little than Biden, who notched 75.7% of nan ballot successful 2020, and much than 10% little than Hillary Clinton successful her unsuccessful 2016 run.

The President-elect did particularly good successful nan Bronx, wherever ballots base his sanction soared 35% betwixt 2020 and 2024, according to nan metropolis data. This twelvemonth 91,542 residents voted for nan Republican compared to conscionable 67,740 erstwhile he faced disconnected against Biden.

In nan Castle Hill conception of nan Bronx astatine The Knockout Barber Shop, where Trump visited successful October, patrons and workers alike had a scope of theories to explicate Harris’ spectacular belly-flop successful nan borough.

David Orellano, 21

Orellano, a existent property supplier and lifelong Bronx resident, said Harris didn’t look authentic.

“I deliberation she wasn’t capable to link pinch nan Hispanic and achromatic ballot successful nan Bronx. I’m Hispanic and she had problem connecting pinch me,” he told The Post.

“Look astatine nan economy, look astatine nan border, look successful Manhattan, wherever you person hotels afloat of migrants pinch much authorities than us,” he added.

“She doesn’t travel disconnected arsenic authentic arsenic she wants to be. Trump came to nan Bronx doubly and a batch of Bronx residents saw that nan Democrats aren’t doing overmuch for nan community.”

Javier Rodriguez Sr., 59

Rodriguez Sr., a barber and a 40-year borough resident, echoed nan aforesaid sentiment, saying Trump did a amended occupation astatine genuinely connecting pinch nan community.

“Donald Trump came present and it made a large quality successful nan Bronx,” Rodriguez Sr. said.

“This woman ne'er showed up here. Never told america astir her policies, and a batch of group realized what was going connected here,” he added, hailing nan President-elect arsenic “a fighter” and “a champion” for giving a White House tally different changeable aft his stinging 2020 defeat.

“In 2020 he went down, but he came backmost successful 2024 very confidently and he knocked them out. It’s a beautiful communicative — he came disconnected nan lucifer stronger than he was erstwhile he went down. He knocked them each out. He stood up and he did it again.”

Javier Rodriguez Jr., 33

Rodriguez Jr., Knockout Barbershop’s proprietor and operator, said Harris fell short successful nan skills section successful nan eyes of young Bronx voters, compared to nan erstwhile and early president.

“We telephone it a accomplishment gap. It intends 1 broadside does it amended and nan business, aliases nan win, goes to them. Whatever your skill, that makes you look amended than nan different person. That’s really we picture it successful our culture. The Bronx voters, they saw nan accomplishment spread betwixt Kamala and Trump, absolutely,” he said.

“Trump conscionable proved his accomplishment — nan accomplishment spread was evident to everyone and he won. Everybody said she’d triumph nan celebrated ballot and possibly he’d triumph this aliases that, but that didn’t happen. We saw nan reddish wave.”

Trump besides made astonishing gains elsewhere successful nan Big Apple — including Manhattan, wherever he racked up an awesome 103,060 votes this year, a 20% surge compared to 2020.

Young Manhattanites besides believed Trump was much authentic — and they weren’t convinced Harris would usher successful immoderate existent change.

Chori Brendan, 22

Brendan, who useful successful information and lives successful Harlem, believes young group voted for Trump complete Harris because nan vice president comes disconnected arsenic fake. 

“She tried to represent herself arsenic 1 of us, but she is not. When you cognize your audience, you pull them. She ne'er connected pinch young New Yorkers, for illustration me,” Brendan told The Post successful Harlem.

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The young New Yorker besides said Trump is amended equipped to grip nan migrant situation plaguing nan city.

“Trump said he’s going to nonstop them back. I want him to nonstop them back, particularly nan ones who are hurting people,” he said.

“I want New York to spell backmost to what it was earlier they started busing migrants here. We had problems, but we don’t request them to adhd to it.” 

Papu R., 26 

Papu, who declined to springiness his afloat surname, said Harris grounded to show young voters really she would beryllium immoderate different from Biden.

“When Sleepy Joe stepped down, we didn’t spot immoderate change,” nan Harlem unit worker said. 

“This caller generation, if they don’t spot it, if it’s not successful beforehand of their face, they are not going to react.  Someone can’t preach something, talk astir change… you person to spot something.  It was each talk. We tin spot done nan bulls–t. She was conscionable an hold of Biden, thing new.”

Meanwhile, successful Midtown, immoderate young voters were successful a authorities of disbelief pursuing Harris’ historical collapse.

“I think, unfortunately, group are not fresh for a female president moreover though she has each nan correct policies and would do everything to use New York and nan nation,” said Sydney Stewart, 26, who useful successful nan firm manner business.

“She was amended qualified. This is simply a loss, not conscionable for New Yorkers, but each Americans.”

Stewart said she hopes Tuesday’s consequence doesn’t portend that New York is connected nan way to becoming a reddish state, “but based connected nan result, I don’t cognize what to think,” she conceded.

Undeterred, Stewart said she hopes Harris dusts herself disconnected for different go-round successful nan adjacent election.

“I dream that she comes backmost and group understand really awesome she is and blows nan 2028 predetermination retired of nan water. What were they thinking? I don’t know. It’s insanity.”

Joceline Vargas, 24

Jocelyn, a inferior astatine John Jay College who comes from a family of immigrants, chalked Trump’s stellar New York showing successful portion — peculiarly among young group — to a glut of questionable info connected societal media, which hinders galore group her property from becoming savvy news consumers.

“A batch of things are shared connected societal media that are not shared successful nan news. TikTok and Instagram are not ever true, but that’s wherever a batch of nan caller procreation gets their information. Personally I judge nan news is biased and that they don’t ever stock nan truth,” she said.

“Some young group will judge everything.”