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In reply to the discussion: We're losing Latinos. Marist Poll shows Latinos prefer GOP 52%-39% [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,491 posts)and I am friends with people from PR and DR, I work in non profit with many members of the Latin American community. There are probably many factors, and many in NYC are still liberal for the most part.
Abortion may be an issue. Culturally they're catholic, but the church is losing its hold on the LA community too.
I think mostly it's the perception that we are driving the shift in narrative with gender and identity. Most of the Latino/as I know in NYC don't love the LatinX identity. They see it as a white activist progressive identity shift. I am uncomfortable using it with the parents in the communities we serve. The working class Latino community doesn't like the forced shift. (At least in the community where I am present.)
We were told by a number of people to take it out of our literature, which we respected. We've worked at finding inclusive language that doesn't alienate a population.
Also, they are affected by crime, inflation and all the other factors that are making white americans lean toward republicans.
We need to address this stuff in a way that maintains our party identity. But also, if we want to represent people in our districts, we need to understand how they want to be represented and not foist ideas on them that they don't want.