Restaurateur Antonio Munoz feels the political winds changing in his native Nevada, where parts of the traditionally Democratic Latino community are drifting Republican ahead of this year’s presidential election.
It’s a trend across the United States, and with a fifth of eligible voters identifying as Latino, it’s one that could prove decisive in November.
“In the last election, I voted Democrat… but this year I really am in the middle. I don’t know what to do,” Munoz, an ex-police officer, tells AFP at his colorful Las Vegas eatery.
Joe Biden, the 81-year-old incumbent, will almost certainly go head-to-head again with Donald Trump, whom he defeated in 2020 partially by harnessing a significant majority of Latino voters.
Despite facing a raft of criminal charges, including some relating to his alleged efforts to overthrow results of the last election, 77-year-old Trump has the edge in several national polls.