Washington, D.C. – Hispanic voters are running away from Democrats as fast as they can. Joe Biden and the Democrats seem to be puzzled about why Hispanic voters are moving away from their party in droves, but the reasons could not be clearer. Hispanic voters, many of whom fled or had family members flee from socialist countries, don’t like the direction our country is headed under Joe Biden and the Democrats.
Washington Examiner: Biden and Democrats losing grip on Hispanic voters
President Joe Biden and Democrats may be celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, but convincing members of the country’s diverse Hispanic and Latino community to support them in the 2022 midterm elections will not be a party.
Hispanic and Latino voters, who surprised Florida and Texas Democrats last cycle, will be a critical demographic again in November, particularly in the toss-up Arizona and Nevada Senate races, which will determine the balance of power in Washington next year, along with the other competitive campaigns.
Republicans are proud of the party’s improved standing among Hispanics and Latinos since, for instance, an internal post-2012 elections analysis identified the community as one possible area of “growth and opportunity.”
A decade later, the Republican National Committee is citing the record number of 102 Hispanic and Latino GOP candidates who filed to run for federal office this cycle as evidence of the party’s traction with the group. Republicans also outperformed Democrats in Texas primary election turnout last March by 83%, according to the RNC. Then, Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) became the country’s first Mexican-born congresswoman in June after she flipped her 84% Hispanic Rio Grande Valley district, which has not been represented by the GOP since 1870.
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During last week’s DNC meeting in Maryland, Chairman Jaime Harrison told the Hispanic Caucus that Democrats cannot take the community for “granted” nor think of it as “monolithic.”
“It’s going to take more than just translating something into Spanish,” he said. “It’s all about trust. You trust people that you know, people that have shared experiences with you, who understand the nuances of your communities and your families. And that’s important.”
Republicans underscore two July polls, one by the New York Times and Siena College and the other by Quinnipiac University, in which 63% and 70% of Hispanic and Latino respondents disapproved of Biden’s job as president. They mock first lady Jill Biden, too, for saying during the UnidosUS Annual Conference that month that those in San Antonio are “as unique as the breakfast tacos.”
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Yet dynamics between Democrats and Hispanics and Latinos have transformed as the party comes to terms with the fact that the community cares about more issues than immigration. Democrats, too, no longer have former President Donald Trump as a political foil, though the party’s own 2020 socialist messaging contributed to losses in Florida and Texas.
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