NotSoLucky
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« on: September 18, 2021, 03:22:46 PM » |
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Part of the problem is that most of this isn't a 'realignment'. Bush made similar gains among Latinos in 2004, which was crucial to winning Florida, Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. But overall Democrats still win the majority of the Latin American vote, and this was still the case even in the 2004 and 2020 elections.
There is a bit of a generational divide among Hispanics when it comes to issues such as immigration or crime, with older Latinos leaning more conservative on these issues. This could explain the 2004 and 2020 swings, at least in part. But this isn't anything new, and this divide was already there arguably since Latinos first became a significant voting block.
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