Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
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Hablo un poquito.
SNIP I have covered the country’s Latino community for nearly two decades and have seen significant shifts in Hispanic voter priorities and allegiances. There are many theories for why these swings are happening. Journalist Paola Ramos argued that some Latinos vote out of “political trauma,” weary of the left’s association with socialism. David French suggested that Democrats’ progressive agenda could be alienating Hispanic voters who hold traditional values. Many activists have pointed point their finger at lackluster community outreach by the Democratic Party. All these accounts have some truth to them. There are plausible reasons for Republican strategists to be optimistic about bringing more Latinos into the party in the future. SNIP WaPo
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I think it's somewhat regional. In FL, albaby has said that it's the association with socialism that is a big deal there (i.e. Cuban refugees/immigrants). Here in AZ it is more social conservatism. Hispanics here may prefer Dem economic policies, but they have difficulty accepting gay marriage, Dem's defense of the right for abortion, and similar topics. A lot of those folks are catholic, and that is anathema to how they were raise in catholic households.
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Hispanics here may prefer Dem economic policies, but they have difficulty accepting gay marriage, Dem's defense of the right for abortion, and similar topics. A lot of those folks are catholic, and that is anathema to how they were raise in catholic households.
Same thing in the Philippines which is ~80% Catholic. Duterte criticized the Catholic church and made mumblings about abortion. Met with his daughter and them opposed abortion so as a politico she didn't have to deal with that.
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David French suggested that Democrats’ progressive agenda could be alienating Hispanic voters who hold traditional values.The Catholic Latino base is traditionally partiarchal; muy macho. Younger, educated latinos, not so much.
Evidence: In 2023
Mexico's Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women's rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American's trend of widening abortion access.But... older, poorly educated Latinos in the US are just as susceptible to the right wing propaganda machine that misinforms MAGAs, reinforcing the macho/ perspectives.
It's not entirely unlike the socio-political sitch that exists among some black americans, as discussed in the linked NYT story. .
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/us/politics/har...
