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In reply to the discussion: We're losing Latinos. Marist Poll shows Latinos prefer GOP 52%-39% [View all]Jspur
(578 posts). I'm an Indian American that was born and raised in the US while my parents are from India. You will see what I'm getting at. Anyways my best friend is also an Indian American whose story is the same as mine. Went to highschool together and he now lives in Dallas, Texas. He's lived there for 11 years. He's told me straight up these Hispanics the democrats want to convert to their base are not reachable.
He made an interesting point when he told me in his words "Jspur these Hispanics they have brown skin just like you and me but a lot of them think differently than us. They actually believe they are white or want to desperately be white and believe that voting republican will get them there. They are also religious nutcases which is another reason why they identify with the republican party. I have worked with these people, and I have had lunch with them plenty of times so I know their beliefs pretty well."
We need to stop thinking Hispanics are a monolithic base like African Americans where they are going to vote 80-90 percent democratic. Hispanics are more like the white voting base in America where you have majority whites in the Northeast and the West Coast voting for democrats and then the rest of the country's white base voting Republican.