Las Vegas market worker Maria Salinas believes Democrats have failed their traditional Latino supporters for too long, and — like many others in this key voting bloc — is ready to vote for Donald Trump for the first time.
“I think Trump can change things a little,” she said, speaking to AFP at the juice stand she runs in the electoral battleground state of Nevada.
The Democrats offer “promises and promises… but nothing changes for us,” said Salinas, whose relatives have been waiting for years to receive the legal right to move to the United States.
“This time I’m going to vote for Trump to see if he helps us.”
Latinos are the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, and represent 22 percent of voters in Nevada.
That share has grown rapidly to become a vital factor in the southwestern swing state’s elections, as thousands of immigrants are lured …