
<p>Since the 1960s, the growing Latino community has aligned with the Democratic Party. ; Among the Spanish-speaking (and Portuguese-speaking) Americans there have been differences. ; Cubans have leaned to the GOP. ; Puerto Ricans have associated with Democrats to a greater degree. ; Mexican have mostly split.</p>



<p>In recent years, there has been a notable shift to the Republican Party. ; It is an important shift because Latinos comprise 18 percent of the population. ; They are the largest minority population in America. ; By way of comparison, blacks represent 13 percent of the population, Asians 6 percent &#8212; although the fastest growing with Latinos a close second.</p>



<p>A shift to the GOP would be an unmitigated disaster for the Democrats. ; It could literally put them out of business as a national party – relegating it to a bi-coastal regional party. ; Without strong support from the Latin community, Democrats cannot control either chamber of Congress – and their current control is razor slim. ; Democrats would be incapable of electing a President of the United States. ; And without a hold on those offices, they have zero chance of restoring a liberal Supreme Court.</p>



<p>Let’s look at the numbers.</p>



<p>President Trump won 32 percent of the Latino vote in 2020. ; That was the highest percentage for the GOP candidate since President George W. Bush. ; A recent Quinnipiac poll shows that among the Latino community, President Biden’s approval rating is an anemic 24 percent – even lower than his overall dismal approval rating of between 35 and 39 percent, depending on the poll. ; That is not a “shift” in sentiment. ; That is a “hemorrhaging.”</p>



<p>So, why the shift? ;</p>



<p>Part of the trend is based on the universal non-racial issues. ; Latinos – as much as most Americans – are concerned about inflation, gas prices, crime and employment. ; But that is only part of the motivation to switch to the GOP. ; Latinos are a major group within what the left calls “people-of-color.” ; And that is the problem.</p>



<p>If you follow the Democrat’s language when talking about people-of-color, they are predominantly talking about Black issues and Black opinions. ; Democrats treat their people-of-color as a homogeneous group as if there is no distinction in culture, issues, and opinion between Blacks and the other minority groups the left lumps into their arbitrary people-of-color demographic.</p>



<p>The first pushback comes from the fact that most Latinos have never thought of themselves as people-of-color in the traditional Black sense of the term. ; Other than those who descended from slaves, most Latinos consider themselves as … White.</p>



<p>While the Democrat left tries to package all non-Whites into their people-of-color mishmash, the groups are too distinct to coalesce on command. ; Latinos are not only different than Blacks, Asians, and Native Americans, they rightly feel that they are left out of the Democrats myopic focus on Black issues. ; Latinos have no reason to feel they fit in the overarching amalgam of people-of-color – and same with Asians and Native Americans. ; It is not a hostility, but a general lack of commonality.</p>



<p>The distinctions within the people-of-color designation are more than skin color. ; There are fundamental cultural differences. ; Latinos hold more conservative religious values. ; They ascribe to strong family values. ; They are more likely to oppose abortion and a lot of the lefts gender fluidity issues. ; They tend to be small business entrepreneurs. ; ;</p>



<p>Latinos are not in favor of open borders as Democrats seem to believe. ; Those living in the Democratic Party-controlled barrios understand that the drug cartellians and gangbangers who embed in the migrant caravans come to their neighborhoods to ply their criminal trades.</p>



<p>Latinos also live in large numbers along the border – and the overwhelmed border agents are mostly Latino. ; They see and feel the problem of mass border crossing.</p>



<p>If Democrats believe that the millions of migrants crossing our border will be a future solid block of Democrat voters – as many do seem to believe – they might be badly mistaken if you look at the actual voting trends in the Latino community. ; Many of the arriving migrants have stronger conservative values than their American counterparts.</p>



<p>There is worse news for Democrats. ; Even though their losses are worse among Latinos, they are losing ground in both the Black and Asian communities. ; Not sure what is happening with Native Americans. ; The pollsters tend to ignore them.</p>



<p>With the nation being so divided on partisan lines, it does not take a lot of shifting – one way or the other – to switch the balance of power. ; At this point virtually every major ethnic group in America is trending toward the GOP – some a little bit and some quite a bit. ; But it is another indicator that the Republicans will do very well indeed in the November midterm election – and beyond.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Latinos saying “adios” to Democratic Party
