Dan Cassino

Professor of Government and Politics at Fairleigh Dickinson University and executive director of the FDU Poll, Dan Cassino studies political communication, voter opinion, and political psychology, and regularly comments on elections and politics in the media.

Latino Voters’ 2024 Shift Toward Trump Has Not Become a Realignment

Donald Trump’s gains among Latino voters in 2024 have not become a lasting party realignment, the Financial Times’ Guy Chazan argues in reporting from California and New Jersey. An NBC News/Telemundo poll found Latino voters favoured Democratic control of Congress by 59 per cent to 35 per cent, as frustration over prices and immigration enforcement weighs on Republicans. The shift is broad but not uniform: Republicans retain an edge on which party voters trust more on the economy.

Financial TimesNov 1, 20264 min read