New York City residents have shared their thoughts on former President Donald Trump’s victory and how his support increased in the deep blue city.
Locals who spoke to DailyMail.com on Thursday gave a variety of reasons why they thought Trump won the majority of votes across the United States over Vice President Kamala Harris.
They cited everything from the economy, a disastrous Biden administration to ignorance, racism and sexism.
However, Trump also made inroads within the five boroughs, gaining support from minorities such as Jewish and Hispanic voters.
Democrats are now struggling to figure out where they went wrong, but one New Yorker suggested: “It was very obvious that the Democrats just faked all the support by buying celebrities to endorse Kamala Harris instead of actually talking about her policies.”
New York City residents have shared their thoughts on former President Donald Trump’s victory and how his support increased in the deep blue city.
The former president ventured into the five districts of New York itself
Some also suggested that Trump won on economic issues.
“You know, Democrats have been saying for a while that unemployment is low and the stock market is great and the GDP is great, and all of that might be true, but people are still really feeling the cost of living.” said a cellist. saying.
“Personally, every time I go to the supermarket I feel it,” he said. “Every time I have to pay rent, I feel it.”
“People were willing to overlook a lot of fundamental issues with Donald Trump because they think they’re going to save a few dollars at the grocery store, which is not true,” said another.
A young woman also said she has spoken to Trump supporters who say they voted for him for “economic reasons.”
And I said, “Oh, what financial plans did you like?” And they just don’t have an answer or they’re like, “Oh, tax cuts,” but it’s like, yeah, but they’re tax cuts for people. that, like, maybe more than $900,000 a year,” he argued.
At the same time, however, he suggested that Trump supporters were disillusioned with the Biden administration.
“Biden’s presidency was not very good and that’s why I think a lot of people are just upset with the Democratic Party,” the woman said. “And I think that’s what influenced a lot of undecided voters to vote for Trump, because I think among Kamala supporters there aren’t that many real Trump supporters.”
Her friend also claimed, “People were just afraid that Kamala would like to follow Biden’s policies and align with his beliefs.”
Young women suggested Trump supporters were disillusioned with the Biden administration
Another New Yorker also admitted that there was “dissatisfaction among a lot of men about not being seen in some way by the Democratic Party,” while a woman said, “Our society is very polarized, and as we start the election season, I think people are just lines up”. with different parties and find it difficult to recognize what is happening.’
Others, however, attacked those who voted for the former president, mocking them as sexist, racist and ignorant.
One woman suggested there’s a “lack of education… right now and I think a lot of people aren’t really informed,” while a black man playing chess said Trump won “because there was a black woman (candidate) and “America is still racist and sexist as hell.”
A drummer also told DailyMail.com: “I think maybe Americans are just afraid of electing a woman president and I think it was much easier to elect someone who has already been president.”
One older woman, who admitted she voted for Trump, said she believes Trump won “because people are tired of the way things have been for the last four years.”
However, one older woman, who admitted she voted for Trump, said she believes Trump won “because people are tired of the way things have been for the last four years.”
“Here it’s like, ‘Oh my God, you vote Republican, that’s terrible!’ You know, like they only think there’s a party when they don’t realize you’re voting for what’s right for you.
“It’s not about the person, I don’t like Donald Trump,” he admitted, “but, you know, it’s more about the big picture, and I think people forget that.”
The former president gained even more support in the Big Apple.
Vice President Harris won the city by a 37-point margin, far less than Biden’s nearly 54-point margin of victory over Trump in 2020.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton also beat Trump in New York City by nearly 63 points.
The shift to the right was especially pronounced in Queens, southern Brooklyn and parts of the Bronx. according to the New York Timesas Trump made inroads among the Chinese and Orthodox Jewish, Chinese and South Asian, and largely Hispanic communities.
Trump supporters are photographed watching the results of the 2024 presidential election on a giant screen set up in Rockefeller Plaza on Tuesday.
Annetta Seecharran, executive director of Chhaya, a nonprofit community development group serving a largely South Asian population in Queens, said the change had been decades in the making.
He explained that the path to the middle class has become increasingly narrow for its members, many of whom work in construction or service industries, or drive taxis.
“It’s a really tough, difficult test of where people are in their lives and how difficult it is for them to imagine a path forward,” Seecharran said, adding that the goal of homeownership has become distant amid stagnant wages and rising housing costs. .
“I don’t think people don’t care about immigration or that they’re selfish,” he said. “People are desperate.”
An influx of more than 200,000 undocumented immigrants into New York City and its legally required efforts to house them has also fueled resentment among some more established immigrant communities, he suggested.
In the end, the diverse group of people who voted for Trump was “ripe for the taking,” Gavin Wax, president of the Young Republican Club of New York, told the Times, attributing much of the growth to young men.