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Democrats insist most Latino voters still side with their party, but recent polls suggest a shift in political allegiances due to issues like the economy, education, cultural values and immigration.
Where is the crucial Latino vote headed in this year’s presidential-election cycle?
Last Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president and CEO of Voto Latino, a Democratic Party-aligned organization that works to register Hispanic voters, took the stage and argued that “when Latinos vote, Democrats win.”
As evidence, she cited former president Barack Obama’s successes with the group in his 2008 victories in Sunbelt states, as well as the 1.5 million voters her organization has registered since its inception in 2004. She also accused Republicans of attempting to “suppress” the Latino vote this election cycle to boost their chances of victory.
But polling data in recent years paints a more complex picture than what Kumar laid out at the DNC. Hispanic voters, the majority of whom are Catholic, have drifted toward Trump and the GOP since his rise to political prominence in 2015. Statistical and anecdotal evidence suggest these voters have become increasingly aligned with Trump’s policy positions on the economy, education, cultural values and even immigration, including substantial support for Trump’s border-wall project and mass deportations.
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Where is the crucial Latino vote headed in this year’s presidential-election cycle?
Last Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Maria Teresa Kumar, founding president and CEO of Voto Latino, a Democratic Party-aligned organization that works to register Hispanic voters, took the stage and argued that “when Latinos vote, Democrats win.”
As evidence, she cited former president Barack Obama’s successes with the group in his 2008 victories in Sunbelt states, as well as the 1.5 million voters her organization has registered since its inception in 2004. She also accused Republicans of attempting to “suppress” the Latino vote this election cycle to boost their chances of victory.
But polling data in recent years paints a more complex picture than what Kumar laid out at the DNC. Hispanic voters, the majority of whom are Catholic, have drifted toward Trump and the GOP since his rise to political prominence in 2015. Statistical and anecdotal evidence suggest these voters have become increasingly aligned with Trump’s policy positions on the economy, education, cultural values and even immigration, including substantial support for Trump’s border-wall project and mass deportations.
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Why Hispanic Voters Have Drifted Toward the GOP
Democrats insist most Latino voters still side with their party, but recent polls suggest a shift in political allegiances due to issues like the economy, education, cultural values and immigration.
