Republicans have sounded alarms for more than a decade about the limits of their overwhelmingly white party. To stay competitive for the White House, strategists warned, they would need to bring more Black, Latino and other voters of color into the fold.
Mr. Trump continued his dominance with the white, working-class voters who first propelled his political rise. But he also made modest gains in the suburbs and cities, and with Black voters, and even more significant inroads with Latinos.
At a time when the nation is sharply divided particularly between rich and poor, and between those with and without a college degree even incremental shifts were enough to sweep Mr. Trump back into power and put him on track to win the popular vote.
The losses among Latinos is nothing short of catastrophic for the party, said Representative Ritchie Torres, an Afro-Latino Democrat whose Bronx-based district is heavily Hispanic. Mr. Torres worried that Democrats were increasingly captive to a college-educated far left.
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