(DCNF)—Two Hispanic women in Nevada told MSNBC national correspondent David Noriega in a segment aired on Monday that they appreciate former President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy during his presidency.
Vice President Kamala Harris is only leading Trump by 14% among Hispanic voters, according to a national NBC News/Telemundo/CNBC poll conducted from Sept. 16-23. Although both Las Vegas residents on “Ana Cabrera Reports” praised Trump’s economic record in their Saturday interviews, one expressed skepticism about Harris, while the other said she believes the vice president has not been effective during her term.
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“I love what Donald Trump did for us as an economy while he was in the presidency. And I don’t know what she has to offer because she’s new. So that’s kind of like taking a chance on her, you know? So that’s what I mean,” Griselda Martinez told Noriega. “But I do like how she is doing a lot of things for small businesses.”
Noriega said Martinez told him “she’s about 60/40 leaning toward Trump, but still very much open to being persuaded and open to hearing more from the Harris campaign.”
“The four years he was in office we were doing good, absolutely good … Kamala, she’s already in office and ain’t [got] shit done,” Veronica Sosa told Noriega. “And … there was more work too. We were able to afford things.”
Noriega said Sosa is definitely voting for Trump, but her husband told him he is planning on casting a ballot for Harris.
Harris is currently leading the former president by 1.3% in Nevada, according to the RealClearPolling average.
Moreover, the vice president led Trump by just 17% among likely Hispanic voters in an ABC News poll released Sept. 15. ABC News Political Director Rick Klein said Sunday that Harris is performing poorly among Hispanic voters compared to past Democratic candidates.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Monday also noted Trump is performing strongly with “working class voters,” including “voters of color” who are “non-college graduates.”
“You go back four years ago, look at that, Joe Biden won that group by 45 points. Look at where Kamala Harris’ support is today. She’s still leading amongst that group, but that lead is down 17 points to just 28 points,” he said. “And I will note that the margin among voters of color who actually graduate college has only been changed by five points … compared to four years ago. The reason Donald Trump is doing so well amongst voters of color is because he has really gone in and grabbed a lot of voters that he didn’t previously have among those who didn’t graduate college.”