Summary

Latino men played a key role in Donald Trump’s election victory, with 43-55% supporting him, drawn by promises of economic relief, job opportunities, and small business support.

Despite higher workforce participation, many Latino men face wage gaps, dangerous jobs, and lower educational attainment compared to other groups.

Some prioritize trade skills or entrepreneurship over college, seeking practical returns on investment.

Experts highlight the need for policies addressing economic barriers, job training, and health coverage to sustain their support.

Future voting will depend on whether these voters see tangible progress in achieving the American Dream.

  • BigFig@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    148
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    As a latino man, I can tell you all of these economic reasons are just as bullshit as when white men say it’s their reason for voting for him.

    The reason is Machismo. They view Trump as a strong man who does whatever he wants and gets away with it and there are PLENTY of latino men who are very much in favor of this.

    • twistypencil@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      27
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      edit-2
      3 days ago

      Why did Mexico get a woman president? Or Argentina? Or Brazil? Or Nicaragua, or Panama? Chile, Costa Rica and Honduras…? I’m not in saying macho doesn’t exist in Latinos, but I’m struggling to understand how these countries could do it…

      • shawn1122@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        edit-2
        3 days ago

        American culture magnifies it.

        Pickup trucks have evolved from work vehicles into powerful status symbols in American culture. While 75% of truck owners rarely or never use them for towing, they purchase these vehicles as symbols of success, masculinity, and lifestyle choice. In urban and suburban areas, professionals spend $70,000+ on trucks as alternatives to luxury cars, particularly in Southern states where they represent wealth and power. The trend continues growing, with trucks now accounting for 20% of U.S. vehicle sales. Despite minimal towing usage, truck owners display the highest vehicle loyalty rate, with nearly 80% choosing another truck when replacing their current one.

        Meanwhile China is slowly working towards global dominance in the EV space which we all know is the future.

        The American empire is in that stage of decay where the men are actively lying to themselves about their greatness. The whole manosphere (which originated in the US) is based on that premise.

        As they feel themselves sliding further and further into the periphery of relevance, they’ll elect increasingly fascist leaders to try and reassert their dominance, only to be swindled by those they put into power.

        It’s all downhill from here.

      • BigFig@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        57
        ·
        3 days ago

        No? It’s a specific attitude among the latino community that extends beyond just misogyny

        • SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          34
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          3 days ago

          I’m Latino too, and I agree. Misogyny is a big part, but machismo also covers a specific cultural, historical and toxic attitude between Hispanic men too.

        • BMTea@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          7
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          3 days ago

          I agree, in Latino culture they perfer voting for conservative strongment like Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.

      • Hacksaw@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        3 days ago

        Lol. Latino countries elect women as presidents all the time. The US NEVER votes for women, even when they’re running against a disgusting rapist. Looking at the statistics it’s always white people stopping women from being elected. But it’s the Latino minority who are misogynist?

        Wild reach! That’s some massive prejudice you’ve got under the hood there.

    • BMTea@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      25
      ·
      3 days ago

      Yeah. That’s why Mexico’s president is a left-wing feminist woman. Because “machismo”, you’ve got it all figured out. The 60% of US Latinos who have Mexican origin came to the US to run away from her.

      • wildcardology@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        3 days ago

        That just proved his point. Mexico elected a woman so they went to a country that’s going to have a misogynistic president. Also women outnumbers the men in mexico 51% to 48%.

          • shalafi@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 days ago

            Apparently a shitload of Mexican men came running over the border since Sheinbaum was elected in June. So they could get away from the woman and vote Trump. Yeah.

        • BMTea@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          4
          ·
          3 days ago

          I forgot that part of machismo, where you put aside being macho in order to vote for mobsters. Classic Latino cultural phenomenon.

          • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            2 days ago

            Per op, machismo would be why you vote for mobsters. That having been said I know nothing on the subject, just correcting your obvious logical fault.

            • BMTea@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              2 days ago

              That’s not a logical fault, you just don’t understand what machismo means. It’s specifically referring to a gendered attitude that emphasies male strength and leadership. The idea that mobs are macho and Mexican men are macho but that contributed to the election of a woman is normally the kind of drivel only head injuries and drugs can produce.

    • SeattleRain@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      11
      ·
      3 days ago

      It’s because they want to be in the settler class, ie they want to be white. It’s not an irrational strategy, whites in the US have a different relationship to the means of production and other races that were once considered minorities like Irish and Italians, are now treated as white now.

      It really has nothing to do with ideology. It’s calculated economic move that many liberals’ ancestors themselves made.