As Democrats go hard left, Hispanics head to the center

Specifically, the report says, "Latino and Hispanic voters were broadly treated as get-out-the-vote targets rather than audiences for persuasion." It went on to say, "Campaign messaging didn't always reflect the different values and priorities of urban Hispanic voters vs rural Hispanic voters, much less account for what would persuade Hispanic men in the Rio Grande Valley, oil and gas workers in New Mexico or Latinas in South Florida." In a recent New York Magazine interview, Democratic pollster David Shor weighed in on his party's performance in the 2020 election.

Trump went from 28 percent to 32 percent of the Hispanic vote, while congressional Republicans improved from 32 percent to 36 percent.

In the 2020 election, party ID among Hispanics was 48 percent Democrat, 20 percent Republican and 32 percent independent, presenting a real opportunity for Republicans going forward.

Forty-three percent of these voters, according to the exit polls, self-identified as moderates, the largest group, followed by conservatives at 32 percent and liberals at 25 percent.

In our June 7-10 Winning the Issues survey, Hispanic respondents told us that jobs and the economy were their biggest concern by far, at 36 percent, outdistancing the next two issues, immigration and health care.

A poll done last fall found that while liberal Democrats, who currently define their party, supported socialism over capitalism, 44 percent to 36 percent, Hispanics disagreed, supporting capitalism 47 percent to 28 percent.

Hispanics picked reducing taxes, 44 percent to 33 percent - again, closer to independents, who did so by 46 percent to 22 percent, and far from Democratic voters, who supported more spending, 52 percent to 25 percent.

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