Here’s Why Some Latinos Are Genuinely Embracing the Republican Party
Originally published in The Hill on October 19, 2024.
With the presidential election less than one month away, many people are still trying to make sense of why some Latinos support Donald Trump and the Republican Party, who display clear nativist stances. Here are our data-driven answers to this puzzle.
For more than 40 years now, Latinos have been steadfast Democrats, with two out of three of them self-identifying with this party and voting for its candidates. What is different today, however, is that many political observers have awakened to the flip side of that reality: that nearly one out of three Latinos genuinely identify as Republicans. In a context of increasing polarization, these political nuances now stand out more sharply than ever.