MSNBC Election Expert Leaves 'Morning Joe' Hosts Stunned with Trump's Massive Hispanic Support
MSNBC News political correspondent Steve Kornacki revealed that former President Donald Trump is now growing in popularity among Hispanic voters ahead of the general election in November, much to the dismay of the network’s hosts.
Kornacki stated that Democrats had taken significant hits in support among Hispanic-majority cities, including Berks County, Lehigh County, and Luzerne County, in the critical battleground state.
Kornacki also warned that Democratic support in Allentown dropped from 45 points to 35 points between 2012 and 2020 elections.
A total of 54 percent of Allentown is Hispanic.
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“Take a look, here’s Allentown. Lehigh County, this has the highest concentration of Hispanics in Pennsylvania,” Kornacki went on to say during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“It’s a 54% Hispanic, and look at this, the trend has been toward Republicans. The state was moving toward the Democrats between ’16 and ’20, but in Allentown, Clinton won it by 42 [points] in ’16, fell down to 35 in 2020.”
“This is an area, we’ve talked so much about the polls showing Trump making more inroads with Latino voters, this is the kind of place where the Trump folks think this trend can continue.”
Kornacki also highlights Hazleton, Pennsylvania, which has a 63 percent Hispanic population and saw a massive drop in support for Democrats.
“Again, look at this trend. It was blue in 2012, Hazleton was for Obama. And then Trump comes along, he carries it by 5, he improves it to 11. Again, this is a kind of place where Trump folks think they can do better,” Kornacki added during the segment.
“And again, this is very much a majority Hispanic city. Or Reading … you just take a look right here. Overwhelmingly Democratic, but from 2012, when Barack Obama won re-election, to 2020 when Biden carried Pennsylvania.”
“That’s a drop of basically 20 points in the Democratic margin here in a heavily Hispanic city.”
“So the trend in the most Hispanic cities in Pennsylvania, as the state was getting more Democratic in 2020, they were becoming more Republican,” Kornacki told viewers.
The Daily Caller reported:
“Polls found Biden getting trounced among Hispanic voters regarding key issues, a demographic which has historically been a key voting bloc for Democrats. An Axios/Ipsos survey from April found Trump leading Biden by 22 points on the economy, 11 points on crime and seven points on immigration among Latino voters, while Biden held a nine-point lead on abortion,” The Daily Caller reported.
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