up roughly 11% of the commonwealth's population, democrats see virginia as a test. >> they're sick of trump. they don't want to go back and don't want a trump wannabe coming in this year. >> reporter: though president biden won nearly two-thirds of latinos nationwide in 2020, former president donald trump outperformed expectations leading republicans to substantial gains across the country, including in virginia, where he gained 6 points among latino voters. >> translator: you sometimes make changes, right, when you see certain promises are not being kept. >> reporter: while the mcauliffe campaign is going after his republican opponent glenn youngkin for emulating trump, to some voters, that is the appeal. raul says he's worried about illegal immigration and crime. >> it might seem wrong but if they said youngkin is more like trump i'm 100% with him. >> let us come together to celebrate the mark that hispanic and latino virginiaens have left