Michael Rocca, PhD, associate professor of political science and director of the Master of Public Policy Program at the University of New Mexico, spoke to the GACC board Nov. 14 with an overview of results of the Nov. 5 election and its impacts for the country and New Mexico.
He launched his presentation by saying Donald Trump won the popular vote because he swung a lot of states, which is the first time a Republican candidate has done so since 2004.
He noted the importance of Trump flipping a lot of counties throughout the country as he overperformed. Those numbers include counties that had over 25% of Hispanics and counties that had less than 50% white.
Rocca continued that one of the biggest trends is that Latino men embraced Trump with a 12% increase.
Rocca emphasized that New Mexico remains a Democrat-heavy state and will likely fight at the state level against some of the proposed federal changes. He told board members to pay attention to what happens with filibusters.
