Five Things You Need to Know About the Latino Vote
The Washington Post and Univision recently released a survey that focused exclusively on you, Latino voters. Here are the 5 things that stood out.
Millennial Latinos prefer Bernie, everyone else prefers Hillary.
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If you’ve ever read any of the comments on our Facebook political posts, you know a lot of young Latinos are feeling the Bern. Of the 18- to 34-year-olds that participated, 49% said they were planning on voting for the Vermont Senator. The good news for Hillary is that people over the age of 35 are overwhelmingly on her side.
Marco Rubio leads the way with Republicans.
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Sorry Donald, but Latinos rather support Rubio over you. For those who identified as Republican, 34% said they were planning on voting for the son of two Cuban immigrants.
1 in 2 Latinos will vote for a Democrat; 1 in 3 are unsure.
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If these numbers hold, the Latino vote will go to the Democrats no matter what. 51% of respondents said they were voting blue, only 14% said they were voting Republican, and 32% are unsure who they’ll vote for.
The economy and jobs are still #1.
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It was true in 2014 when Pew Hispanic did a comprehensive survey about Latino issues, and it’s still true now: the economy and jobs are still a top of what concerns our community the most.
Immigration is now more important.
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Speaking of that 2014 Pew Hispanic poll, immigration ranked 4th as the most important issue for Latinos. Two years later, it’s moved up two spots. Could it be that Republicans threatening to deport everyone and their mothers brought the issue to the forefront?
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