According to CNN exit polling, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) won the support of 68% of Latino voters, while Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) received 67% support from Latino voters.
The results mark a shift from just one year ago, when the voting bloc helped propel Trump to victory. Republicans say the time is now to course-correct ahead of next year’s midterms.
“Unfortunately Latinos are leaving the Republican Party after giving us a monumental chance in 2024,” said Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) in an video posted on the social platform X after Tuesday’s results. “In New Jersey and Virginia, Hispanics moved back more than 25 points to the Democratic Party.”
GOP: we hate brown people! Especially Mexicans!
Latinos in the US: that’s my guy!
…like, what? The hell???
Around here many of them voted for Trump due to not being able to stomach voting for a woman. Thats based on conversations, not a high population poll so make of it what you will.
Machismo was a huge reason for my Latin friends. Second highest reason was they were already citizens and ready to pull up the ladder on anyone who wasn’t. Most were actually rich enough to benefit too. They share all the higher points of conservatives. Fuck you I got mine.
Everyone seems to be really surprised that racism spans all races
This party has had many “wake-up calls” and somehow seems to just go further to the right in response.
I wish I could find the statement from republican representatives after Obama won a second time, that the party is waking up and realizes the need for comprehensive immigration reform, and connecting with latino communities better. Google has become useless for finding things like this now.
And then the Tea Party happened, and things got worse instead.
yeah, my initial reaction reading this article was “no it’s not, they won’t change anything”
It’s still a wake-up call even if they ignore it. Just like a phone call when your phone is in DND mode.
Lol. They did this after Obama won. Spent a couple million to figure out what went wrong. Decided the Latino vote should be prioritized. Ended up demonizing them worse than ever. And STILL this exists.
Oh but y’all don’t want to be “woke” eh?
Tell em get back in the van
Half the turnout strategy for purple/red district Latinos has been dangling the same red meat that works on flyover country red necks and Miami crypto-bros. “They’re comin’ fer yer freedoms with the Woke Bullshit!”
Works until the physical reality of the police state catches up with you.
Lots of black conservatives still vote Dem for this reason, as well. Very easy to get people on board with low taxes and “business friendly” economic growth and fucking the environment for a quick buck all else being equal. But when one party runs on “The Greensboro Massacre Was Based” its hard to pivot that into “Woke-ism Bad” when Woke just means “I’d prefer the white people down the road don’t burn down my house”.
They don’t care, the goal is to not have any Latinos left to vote…
Wow, I wonder why Latino men don’t want to vote for the party in power when anyone who looks Latino, regardless of legal status, is being kidnapped and disappeared
It helps when the words trump says is translated correctly on TV.
I don’t know how you think votes work on the hill but they’re bought and sold like any other commodity. Those Dems didn’t cave to anything they were persuaded with personal wealth in some capacity.
