Donald Trump needs Latino vote for success in must-win Florida
With the tycoon blitzing the state as election day looms, Hannah Thomas-Peter looks at how he can win the much-needed Latino vote.
Thursday 3 November 2016 15:31, UK
According to the ever changing polls, Donald Trump has a chance to win Florida.
And if he wants to prevail nationally on 8 November, he has to.
That's why his campaign is blitzing this state - holding four separate rallies in just 24 hours.
He's been hammering Mrs Clinton on the latest installation of , trying to convince the dwindling number of undecided voters that she cannot be trusted.
But there is a potentially significant challenge that Mr Trump must overcome here.
Hispanic voters accounted for 17% of Florida's electorate in 2012. That number has been steadily increasing as the state, along with the rest of the country, becomes more diverse.
Many Latino voters are offended by what they perceive as
In Florida, they've been voting early in record numbers - and high turnout and early voting traditionally favours the Democratic Party.
Mrs Clinton's team believes that in close races the Latino vote could make all the difference, not just in Florida but in places that used to be reliably Republican, such as Arizona.
That's why she has just released an ad appealing to this country's 27 million Latinos who are eligible to vote.
But as with everything in this election, nothing is straightforward.
Miami's large Cuban-American population is traditionally very open to conservative ideas.
Customers gathering for coffee at the Versailles Cafe in Miami's Little Havana told me that Hispanic people don't vote on a single issue.
Actually, they said, they were more interested in having an entrepreneurial businessman in the White House, particularly one who will protect the country that has protected them.
And at a large Trump rally in Miami, I found plenty of Hispanic voters who had forgiven Mr Trump's capacity to offend.
"I want an outsider," said one woman who had emigrated to the US from Mexico. "I don't care if he's rude.
"I work hard, I pay my taxes, I love this country, I want to make America great again."
"Don't forget that Latinos who are here legally are patriots," said another.
"And we want the best for this country".
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