Sans Trump, Can GOP Expand Its Inroads to Latino Voters? | RealClearPolitics

Oct 08, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    4% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

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"The survey, which questioned 1,200 Hispanic voters in eight battleground states, found that these voters value free-market capitalism over socialism and worry that opportunities for their children will diminish if Democrats remain in charge at the federal level."
Positive
6% Conservative
"Analysts attribute the gains there at least in part to an aversion among many Hispanic voters to the Democrats' leftward lurch on issues such as defunding the police, ending U.S. reliance on oil and gas -- major industries in South Texas -- and even progressives' disparaging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies, big employers in the area."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"President Trump's impact on Hispanic voting patterns was counterintuitive: Despite his administration's unwavering focus on tightening U.S. immigration policy, including building a wall on the southern border, he and fellow Republicans made significant inroads with Latino voters."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Trump himself, in an interview with RealClearPolitics co-founder Tom Bevan, said of his Latino support: They see I'm doing the right thing."
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16% Conservative
"Trump also bested Biden in Florida by wiing over many first- or second-generation Latino immigrants who fled socialist or communist countries such as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua."
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-4% Liberal
"Trump also bested Biden in Florida by wiing over many first- or second-generation Latino immigrants who fled socialist or communist countries such as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua."
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-4% Liberal
"McAllen and the surrounding area is represented in Congress by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a big GOP target next year."
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12% Conservative
"With Trump off the ballot next November, Republicans are hoping to expand those gains in the crucial congressional midterm elections by opening Hispanic outreach centers."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Even though Joe Biden won the national popular vote by two percentage points, Trump increased his margin of victory by a whopping 19 to 55 points in 10 heavily Mexican American counties along the border."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Even though Joe Biden won the national popular vote by two percentage points, Trump increased his margin of victory by a whopping 19 to 55 points in 10 heavily Mexican American counties along the border."
Positive
2% Conservative
"In the most heavily Hispanic area of the country, South Texas, Trump's gains were eye-popping."
Positive
4% Conservative
"State Democratic parties in Texas and elsewhere are also working to replicate voter registration success in Georgia, a longtime Republican stronghold that Biden turned blue last November and where Democrats won two Senate seats, flipping the upper chamber to Democratic control."
Positive
4% Conservative
"According to exit polls, 45"
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2% Conservative
"Hispanic voters also were critical in flipping the battleground state of Arizona to Biden, the first Democratic presidential candidate to win there since Bill Clinton in 1996."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Hispanic voters also were critical in flipping the battleground state of Arizona to Biden, the first Democratic presidential candidate to win there since Bill Clinton in 1996."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"A Quiipiac poll released in mid-September found that only 38"
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Overall, Latinos were still decisive in sending Biden to the White House, voting for him over Trump by a margin of at least 2 to 1 in an election that saw record turnout from the community."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Overall, Latinos were still decisive in sending Biden to the White House, voting for him over Trump by a margin of at least 2 to 1 in an election that saw record turnout from the community."
Positive
4% Conservative
"In their own Hispanic voter outreach efforts ahead of next year's midterms, Democrats are highlighting the big spending packages that have become law since Biden was elected, including the $1.9 stimulus bill, which passed in March without one Republican vote."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"They also helped tip the scales in favor of Biden in Wisconsin and Georgia where his margin of victory was less than a single percentage point."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Still, there are warning signs for Democrats that Biden's agenda isn't catching fire among this demographic."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"President Trump's impact on Hispanic voting patterns was counterintuitive: Despite his administration's unwavering focus on tightening U.S. immigration policy, including building a wall on the southern border, he and fellow Republicans made significant inroads with Latino voters."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Under Donald Trump, Republicans gifted corporations and pharmaceutical companies billions of dollars in tax cuts at the expense of the middle class, he said."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"[Biden's] created a humanitarian crisis at our Southern border, and it's dangerous for communities in Texas, Danielle Alvarez, a Cuban American and the RNC's communications director, told RCP."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Recent polling from the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas found only 29"
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-20% Liberal
"Biden's more lenient immigration policies have hurt his standing among Hispanics in Texas, a key battleground territory for determining who controls the House of Representatives."
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-22% Liberal
"Trump won 38"
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-28% Liberal
"Trump won 38"
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-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The survey, which questioned 1,200 Hispanic voters in eight battleground states, found that these voters value free-market capitalism over socialism and worry that opportunities for their children will diminish if Democrats remain in charge at the federal level.
42% : Analysts attribute the gains there at least in part to an aversion among many Hispanic voters to the Democrats' leftward lurch on issues such as defunding the police, ending U.S. reliance on oil and gas -- major industries in South Texas -- and even progressives' disparaging the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agencies, big employers in the area.
41% : President Trump's impact on Hispanic voting patterns was counterintuitive: Despite his administration's unwavering focus on tightening U.S. immigration policy, including building a wall on the southern border, he and fellow Republicans made significant inroads with Latino voters.

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