"Why are we losing these people? Why are we losing firefighters? Why are we losing cops? Why are we losing blue collar working men? ... Because we're very consistent in our messaging away from them -- away from their traditional family values, away from their personal economic concerns and their family's economic concerns," said Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, the highest-ranking Latino elected official in this heavily Latino state. "And that is a hard political pill for Democrats to swallow."
Though Harris greatly improved her standing from where President Joe Biden was with Latinos before he dropped out of the race, the vice president notched just 52 percent support among Latinos, according to exit polls. Biden in 2020 earned 61 percent of Latinos' support, Hillary Clinton carried 66 percent in 2016 and Barack Obama won more than 70 percent in 2012.
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