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[...] "The swing toward Trump among Hispanic voters is real and certainly something I did not see coming," said U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, a Philadelphia Democrat.

Nationally, exit polls show that Trump's share of the Latino vote grew by 4 percentage points, and in Pennsylvania by 5.

"Clearly it's not just a Philadelphia story," Boyle said. "We're part of a larger national story."

Biden also appears to have performed slightly worse than Clinton in heavily Black parts of the city, although the drop-off was not as steep as in Latino wards. In 23 of the city's 30 majority-Black wards, Clinton's margins of victory were higher than current tallies show for Biden. (Biden may still close the gap in a handful of those wards.)

The Biden campaign disputed the idea that it left votes on the table, or neglected any community. The campaign noted that when all the counting is done, Biden will emerge with more votes from Philadelphia than Clinton in 2016, despite the pandemic having severely limited campaigning.

"Our campaign ran without question the most robust Latino engagement program that any presidential campaign has run in Pennsylvania," said Brendan McPhillips, Biden's Pennsylvania state director, pointing to millions of dollars spent on Spanish language radio and television, mail, and organizing. He called it "a multifaceted effort to persuade and turn out Latinos across Pennsylvania."

Biden aides said they focused on Latino outreach as much as they did outreach to other groups. Ads began running on Black and Latino radio stations at about the same time, for example.

"Engaging Black and brown communities was a priority and our investment and engagement reflected that," said Sincere Harris, Biden's senior adviser in Pennsylvania.

Matt Barreto, of the liberal group Latino Decisions, noted that about 77% of Latino voters in Philadelphia supported Biden. [....]

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