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'It's simple, really' - why Latinos flocked to Trump

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80% Informative

Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania , Michigan and Wisconsin , the coveted 'blue wall' that helped propel Joe Biden to victory in 2020 .

Trump won all three states, crushing Democrats ' hopes that Kamala Harris could find a path to victory.

Trump benefited from a 14 percentage-point bump among Latinos , a key part of the Democratic voter base for decades , according to exit polls.

With nearly all votes counted, Trump is leading the state that he lost in 2020 by about 85,000 votes.

He increased his vote share in rural areas as well as in Macomb County , home to many working-class voters in the Detroit suburbs.

Democrats tried to tailor their economic messages in Michigan , touting their investments in electric car manufacturing.

But Republicans were able to neutralise’ those messages by arguing that the transition to electric vehicles would come at the cost of jobs.

VR Score

86

Informative language

85

Neutral language

62

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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