Most Latinos are liberal. There is plenty of polling data that shows they consistently hold left wing views on most issues.
There isn’t exit poll data available for Texas in 2012, but pre and post election surveys show that Cruz lost the Hispanic vote even as he won a landslide victory (thanks to the white vote). Was Cruz not enough of a Latino sounding name versus Sadler? If Cruz can’t even break even with the allegedly more conservative Texas Latinos, then what chance does he have with the more liberal populations of California, New York, et al?
So I’m not ignoring the Latino vote at all. I’m just counting on it doing what it always does by giving a large majority of its support to the Democrats; somewhere in the 60-80% range.
If Cruz is the nominee he will lose the Hispanic vote and will lose California, both by large margins.
> “Most Latinos are liberal.”
Your assertion has mo basis in fact or reality.
Latinos are inherently conservative but vote for liberals who they find are pliable to the latino goal which is to promote latino culture. Recent case exanple: Luis Gutierrez:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/luis-gutierrez-obama-walked-away-from-our-values/article/2552977
Latino culture is mostly acceptable to conservative America which is the majority of Americans. Strong work ethic, family loyalty, anti-abortion, Christian values and many more are acceptable to Americans.
But there is one prevalent latino trait that is unacceptable to Americans and is the trait responsible for latinos that fail and this trait is lawlessness.
Latinos who abandon respect for the law will try to find a political leader that will aid them in their lawlessness and propensity to cheat and game the system.
Luis Gutierrez thought he had found a democrat liberal in his quest to normalize lawbreaking for a latino population of lawbreakers. That liberal is Obama.
Shortly after Gutierrez’ disappointment there were cries from his lawbreaking supporters to consider the republican party as the vehicle to further their lawbreaking,
Latino lawbreakers will retreat from defeat. Those left who are legally registered to vote will concede the battle and will settle for a latino president even if it comes from GOP ranks; Rafael Edward ‘Ted’ Cruz. That is the way they think, It is better to have a Latino as President as an object of pride to show their children than to be told by some SEIU union boss to vote for someone named Hillary Clinton who they do not identify with.
In Latino culture, family trumps everything else.
Cruz took more than 40% of the Latino vote in Texas. He will take at least 50% in 2016 when he runs for President.