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cilla4progress

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12. I also think there's a dynamic

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 01:12 PM

Dec 2021

where people who buy organized religion's line hook line and sinker are more susceptible to lying in general, wishful thinking. Easy to pull the wool over their eyes.

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Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties [View all] applegrove Dec 2021 OP

Hispanics have been joining Evangelical churches in droves. That's the cause. n/t FSogol Dec 2021 #1

From the frying pan (Catholic) to the fire. Plus, big #s of them don't vote. UTUSN Dec 2021 #10

I also think there's a dynamic cilla4progress Dec 2021 #12

Considering black churches played a vital role in civil rights. shrike3 Dec 2021 #13

May be cilla4progress Dec 2021 #28

There is also the devout Catholic who is our president. shrike3 Dec 2021 #33

Completely agree. cilla4progress Dec 2021 #35

+ 100000000 pandr32 Dec 2021 #19

+10000000000000000 Celerity Dec 2021 #31

DNC not talking DIRECTLY to communities of color, multiple 2020 post mortems outline this and now uponit7771 Dec 2021 #2

I have anticipated this. cilla4progress Dec 2021 #3

Steve Bannon bragged about getting Hispanic support when he was applegrove Dec 2021 #5

That's for sure. jimfields33 Dec 2021 #8

I have lived in East Los Angeles since the 70s javihehim Dec 2021 #4

welcome to DU gopiscrap Dec 2021 #7

It happened in the sixties, too, and in spades Brother Buzz Dec 2021 #22

Welcome javi luckone Dec 2021 #25

Those are bad numbers for us. Elessar Zappa Dec 2021 #6

Absolutely!!! 39% of Texas is Hispanic. LeftInTX Dec 2021 #47

K&R UTUSN Dec 2021 #9

The wingnuts are making serious inroads dalton99a Dec 2021 #11

How are we doing with Gringos? old as dirt Dec 2021 #14

First stop using Latinx. thatdemguy Dec 2021 #15

offs Doremus Dec 2021 #16

How bad is Democratic messaging TheFarseer Dec 2021 #17

Is it the messaging or is it lazy thinkers? My guess is that most people side with whatever gives chowder66 Dec 2021 #26

So your working theory is Latlnos are lazy thinkers? Nt cinematicdiversions Dec 2021 #29

No. I could have said it better but there are voters from all walks of life chowder66 Dec 2021 #30

Some are treestar Dec 2021 #43

There's a divide between citizens and undocumented Amishman Dec 2021 #36

Yep LeftInTX Dec 2021 #41

Many refuse to March in lock step treestar Dec 2021 #42

The Republicans do not want US citizens (aka voters) to leave!!! LeftInTX Dec 2021 #44

A huge amount of Hispanics were born here Polybius Dec 2021 #53

In Tejas most of the counties along the Rio Grande are blue but that is changing walkingman Dec 2021 #18

+1 dalton99a Dec 2021 #23

They have been subject to massive disinformation campaigns EleanorR Dec 2021 #20

+1 betsuni Dec 2021 #40

So can we now stop pretending that Hillary did nothing right as a candidate? StevieM Dec 2021 #21

thank you. iemanja Dec 2021 #24

+1 betsuni Dec 2021 #45

Big conservative pushes centered on specific communities by Bannon etc. don't help luckone Dec 2021 #27

So 1/2 of Hispanics dig Cha Dec 2021 #32

Is there ANY good news anymore? Mad_Machine76 Dec 2021 #34

Same Authoritarian / Liberal divide that afflicts the U.S.A. at large. hunter Dec 2021 #37

I doubt Pinochet would have been a Dem. No surprise. JanMichael Dec 2021 #38

They are opening up flop houses in every city and calling them RNC Hispanic Community Centers LeftInTX Dec 2021 #39

Sounds like jihadists in the ME. Republicans are anti-life for Americans of having-beeen-born. applegrove Dec 2021 #46

Yes! Same concept... LeftInTX Dec 2021 #48

There are many reasons for this trend. radius777 Dec 2021 #49

They also hate wearing masks and social distancing etc. LeftInTX Dec 2021 #51

I agree 100% with your last point. nt oasis Dec 2021 #52

The rise of RW Spanish radio stations. Liberal In Texas Dec 2021 #50