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By Rachel Dobkin
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Vice President Kamala Harris is experiencing a gender divide among Hispanic voters, according to a new poll from The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
In less than a month, Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, will face off against former President Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, for the Oval Office. Both candidates will need all the help they can get from various voting blocs in key swing states to win the Electoral College.
One group that both Harris and Trump have aggressively pursued for their vote is the nation's Hispanic population, which can be particularly important in battleground states like Arizona.
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The Grand Canyon State has a growing Hispanic population of 2.3 million out of the state's over 7 million residents, local ABC affiliate KNXV-TV reported in December 2023, citing the latest American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau.
While Hispanic voters overall are about equally likely to say they have a positive opinion of both Trump and Harris, there is a gender divide among the voting bloc on the vice president.
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Roughly 60 percent of Hispanic female voters have a somewhat or very favorable view of Harris while 45 percent of Hispanic male voters say the same, according to the AP/NORC poll conducted from September 12 to 16.
"She wasn't the one that implemented the route this country has taken, but she's been there and done nothing that merits I vote for her," Antonio Melcon, a 65-year-old Republican from Florida who says he's voting for Trump, told the AP of Harris. "I would definitely never vote for her."
Meanwhile, Sebastian Diaz, a 51-year-old independent from Massachusetts, told the AP that he views Harris "somewhat favorably" because he agrees with her ideology and has a "very unfavorable" view of Trump because he is "a racist bigot."
When it comes to fitness to be president, roughly half of Hispanic female voters think Harris would make a good president while about one-third of Hispanic male voters think so. Meanwhile, roughly 6 in 10 Hispanic female voters think Trump would not make a good president, compared to about half of Hispanic male voters who think the same.
Hispanic men are likelier than Hispanic women to think Trump is tough enough to be president. Roughly half of Hispanic male voters say "tough enough to be president" describes Trump extremely or very well while about one-third of Hispanic female voters say so.
The economy, health care and crime are big issues for Hispanic voters in general. Roughly 8 in 10 Hispanic voters say the economy is "one of the most important issues" this election cycle. Meanwhile, about 6 in 10 Hispanic voters also say that health care or crime are among the most important issues.
Hispanic male voters are more likely than Hispanic female voters to say Trump represents their views on important policies.
The poll surveyed 1,771 registered voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
This article includes reporting from The Associated Press.
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