Florida numbers

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4. Actually this is very significant.

Non Hispanics tend to view Hispanics as a single group the same way that most Americans view African Americans as a single group (did you ever meet a Black CaribeanAmerican ?)

The fact is that there are 3 main basic groups of Hispanics, from 3 different migrations;

1) Cubans
2) Puerto Ricans
3) Mexicans and other Central/South American countries.


Speaking in broad generalities, the first two groups tend to be much more conservative politically than the third (which is by far the largest).

Cuban Americans do not face any migration challenges and frankly look down on other Hispanic groups, and other Hispanic groups resent Cuban Americans special immigration rights and their lack of concern for illegals. Cuban Americans have also embraced the fanatical anticommunism of the far right.

Many Puerto Ricans hold to very conservative religious traditions of the island.

For that reason it is not unreasonable to assume that these numbers are correct.

For the same reason Rubio doesn't help the Republicans outside of Florida and outside of the Cuban community.

Ironically because many of those folks in Florida are so rigid politically, adding Rubio to the ticket doesn't actually make much of a difference.