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applegrove

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Tue Dec 28, 2021, 02:46 PM Dec 2021

Hispanic Voters Shifting Toward the GOP [View all]

Hispanic Voters Shifting Toward the GOP

December 28, 2021 at 7:16 am EST By Taegan Goddard 139 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/12/28/hispanic-voters-shifting-toward-the-gop/

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Wall Street Journal: “Nationwide, Mr. Trump’s share of the Latino vote grew by 8 percentage points compared with 2016, an analysis by Catalist, a Democratic voter-data firm found earlier this year. New calculations by the firm find that while then-candidate Joe Biden won 61% of Latino voters, the shift toward the GOP meant that he carried the group by about 750,000 votes less than had Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee four years earlier.”

“That erosion is a danger sign for the party, given that President Biden’s winning margin in five states was less than 100,000 votes.”

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Biden rso Dec 2021 #1
I live in a suburb on the fringe of Chicagoland. 45% Hispanic. Very few are GOP. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #18
Dems need to teach how BBB is all paid for and will grow applegrove Dec 2021 #2
GQP cries of "socialism" and "communism" moondust Dec 2021 #3
It definitely swayed the Colombian wife of a friend of mine. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #19
RW is spending lots of $ on Spanish radio propaganda. Liberal In Texas Dec 2021 #4
Abortion and evangelical outreach AZSkiffyGeek Dec 2021 #5
1- Voting against own interests, 2- shifting to Fundie-ism (not that fundie-Catholicism is better) UTUSN Dec 2021 #6
How accurate is this? And what's the extent of this alleged shift? brush Dec 2021 #7
It look like numbers that shifted jimfields33 Dec 2021 #8
In south Texas Hispanics have shifted towards Trump and the Republicans in 2020. former9thward Dec 2021 #14
Some might consider themselves white but do racist whites consider them white? brush Dec 2021 #17
We need to do better outreach Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #9
All good points. applegrove Dec 2021 #10
We should also remind voters that families are economic units Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #15
Outreach was limited in 2020 due to the pandemic. W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #12
Many Hispanic voters are also Roman Catholics FakeNoose Dec 2021 #11
And for those, we need to have plenty of video and audio of evengelicals saying... JHB Dec 2021 #13
True, but Vogon_Glory Dec 2021 #16
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