the latino giant has woken up

I based my "hispanics voting Republican" comment on the fact that a lot of Hispanics are conservative due to their Catholic faith, and thus fall more in line with the conservative Republicans (at least that's what my Sociology professors have stated over the years). I'm willing to bet that if you look at the voting records nationwide for registered Latino voters, there will be a heavy bias towards the GOP.

I reserve the right to be wrong, of course (it's kind of like saying "all blacks vote Democrat". There's a grain of truth to it, but it's a stereotype nonetheless)

Taboo # 7 wrote: I based my "hispanics voting Republican" comment on the fact that a lot of Hispanics are conservative due to their Catholic faith, and thus fall more in line with the conservative Republicans (at least that's what my Sociology professors have stated over the years). I'm willing to bet that if you look at the voting records nationwide for registered Latino voters, there will be a heavy bias towards the GOP.

I reserve the right to be wrong, of course (it's kind of like saying "all blacks vote Democrat". There's a grain of truth to it, but it's a stereotype nonetheless)

personally i think it has to do with the large expatriate cuban population. they don't like anything that even smacks of socialism.

Taboo # 7 wrote: I based my "hispanics voting Republican" comment on the fact that a lot of Hispanics are conservative due to their Catholic faith, and thus fall more in line with the conservative Republicans (at least that's what my Sociology professors have stated over the years). I'm willing to bet that if you look at the voting records nationwide for registered Latino voters, there will be a heavy bias towards the GOP.

I reserve the right to be wrong, of course (it's kind of like saying "all blacks vote Democrat". There's a grain of truth to it, but it's a stereotype nonetheless)

but remember--the religious right (and, by extension, socially conservative republicans) have no love for catholics.

i did a little research. in 2000, the hispanic vote broke down as such:

49% democrat 14% republican 37% independent (traditionally voted democrat in the past)

in 2004, however, bush garnered more hispanic votes than any other republican persident before him, with 44% of the hispanic vote to john kerry's 53%.

interesting figures. thank you.

next step. where do these Hispanic come from ?

Jiphy wrote: interesting figures. thank you.

next step. where do these Hispanic come from ?

it depends where you live.

in the southwest: mostly mexico.

in the southeast: cuba, central america (mainly guatemala, honduras and el salvador), the dominican republic, and south america (LOTS of brazilians in orlando).

in the northeast: puerto rico.