As the candidates made their last-minute pitches in the waning days of the U.S. presidential election, a few key voter blocs have come into clearer view. Foreign-policy issues could sway their decisions. Our Postcards From the Wedge series has reported on these trends in swing states and contentious races. Check out the latest entries below.
Puerto Rican voters: Comments at a Trump rally added insult to injury for a key voting bloc in battleground states, Ed Morales writes.
As the candidates made their last-minute pitches in the waning days of the U.S. presidential election, a few key voter blocs have come into clearer view. Foreign-policy issues could sway their decisions. Our Postcards From the Wedge series has reported on these trends in swing states and contentious races. Check out the latest entries below.
Puerto Rican voters: Comments at a Trump rally added insult to injury for a key voting bloc in battleground states, Ed Morales writes.
Venezuelan Americans in Florida: The growing diaspora is most concerned with the economy and U.S. policy toward Maduro’s regime, FP’s Anusha Rathi writes.
Vietnamese Americans in Virginia: A longshot Republican challenger to Sen. Tim Kaine appeals to his community’s fears about communism, FP’s Allison Meakem reports.
Lebanese Americans in Michigan: Israel’s campaign in southern Lebanon fuels anger and indifference in Dearborn, Abdelhalim Abdelrahman writes.
Read the rest of the series here.
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