Democrats in New York are regrouping after the party lost ground with Latino voters in the 2024 election.

President-elect Donald Trump won 54% of the vote from Latino men despite a comedian making offensive jokes about Puerto Rico at a rally for Trump at Madison Square Garden, which precipitated a last ditch get-out-the-vote effort.

“Many of the Latinos are more conservative when it comes to the social justice talk — we have to acknowledge that,” Henry Garrido, who runs New York City’s largest public-sector union and hails from the Dominican Republic, told Politico. “For us, it’s the economy. Not at the macro level, but, Am I feeling the pinch in my own work? Do I have to work overtime?”

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