"Latinos are like other Americans, which makes them a tougher sell for Democrats than they'd like. They arrogantly expect them to fall into line like other special interest groups."
Monica Showalter - American Thinker
Yet recall, the trust is broken, and it's hard to think Latino voters are going to come back to Democrats the way they want them to because they have already trusted them on this and gotten nothing.
New Song: The El Segundo Times - aka @latimes. Thanks for the inspiration @Noah__Goldberg and @LAcrimes (perfect handle btw). LA Times leaves LA for the burbs
. . . "Democrats have been losing Latino voters in droves to President Trump and many Republicans, to the consternation of many leftist leaders, all of whom view Latino voters as 'their' voters, as loyal as black voters to Democrats; "their" property. They always have.
"So, one of them decided to hire a leftwing consultant to try to sort it out for them: Turns out ethnic pandering -- the politics of building ethnic blocs and representational box checking, and diversity based on skin tone -- doesn't impress them much.
"According to the New York Times:
Way to Win, a Democratic-aligned group that focuses on the Sun Belt, including Latino voters, has a new report out today that offers some possible answers for the party.
One conclusion: “The fastest way to lose these communities is to treat their ethnicity as the most interesting thing about them,” the report says.
It’s worth lingering on that statement. Some Democrats have long treated Latino voters as a kind of monolithic group. They’ve focused on Spanish-language advertising, brought mariachi bands to campaign rallies, and sprinkled Spanish into their speeches — all in an effort to attract a growing demographic that is essential to a winning national coalition.
This report suggests that the reality is much more complicated.
"Turns out Latinos are voting Republican because they are more like Republicans.
"These ads by Adrian E. Alvarez, who founded Latinos Por Pratt and did the first Spencer Saca la Bassura ads that were such a sensation, illustrate what the consultants found:" One of several here:
🎶Liars, cheaters, election stealers!🎶 pic.twitter.com/PXnDJ3uZYD
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