Posted on 10/13/2018 7:47:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democrats are worried about Latino voters in the midterms, fearing that weak efforts to energize a core element of their base could imperil their bid to win control of Congress in next month's elections.
From the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Nevada and Arizona to sprawling turf wars in Texas and Florida, there are signs that the Hispanic vote - which party leaders have long hoped would be the foundation of future electoral success - has yet to flourish in their favor this year.
Recommended Video Although President Donald Trump and Republicans have embraced policies and rhetoric hostile toward Latino immigrants, including fresh plans under consideration to separate migrant families at the border, Democrats have struggled to generate enthusiasm for their candidates in some Hispanic communities.
Democratic strategists and officials have pointed fingers at fellow Democrats, blaming congressional campaigns and allied groups for failing to engage Latino voters strongly enough as they place a heavy emphasis on winning white, middle-class voters in suburban swing areas.
In some races, stronger-than-expected Republican appeals to Hispanic voters have complicated matters further for Democrats, leaving them scrambling to compete in diverse areas key to determining which party controls the Senate and House.
"We're at a very unique time in our political space because of Donald Trump, and if we miss this opportunity now, we may never get this opportunity again," said Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist consulting with major Latino organizations. "And it keeps me awake at night."
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All the Mexican folks I know wear MAGA hats
The Latinos that support Trump do not talk about it much. That factor scares the hell out of the democrat party. The legal Mexicans in Texas are about 50/50 Republican verses Democrat. Those with good jobs are mostly Republican. As the economy improves more Hispanics and blacks vote republican.
There will be no blue wave. It may be a red tsunami.
...”If you got a job and are working because of Trump why should you be upset and want to vote for the Dems.”...
Maybe the Latino’s are beginning to understand that the Dem Mobs would make this nation worse than the one they left. Many of them are Catholic, you know, and can identify evil when they see it.
Most Blacks are in safe rat districts. More Hispanics in swing districts.
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If this were true.. they would be pushing the wall vote.
It’s getting harder to GOTV with “undocumented citizens”
1) Voter ID laws make it less useful to get them to the polls
2) If the party gets caught telling/bribing illegals to vote it’s really bad. And all the cell phones and groups like Project Veritas make it likely they are caught if they do it on a large scale.
3) Obama would have excused and praised illegals getting caught voting. Trump will kick them (and their family) out of the country.
And they don’t have much of a message for Latino citizens
1) We’ll stop the wall
2) We’ll let criminal “undocumented citizens” free in your neighborhoods (Ds don’t understand that Latinos know freed sanctuary city criminals generally don’t go live in neighborhoods with white liberals)
3) We’ll end ICE so MORE unskilled “undocumented citizens” can move into Latino neighborhoods and take jobs that unskilled citizens currently have and lower wages of skilled citizens
4) We’ll sue Christians (for anything we can think of)
5) We’ll attack strong males (for anything we can think of)
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