According to CNN exit polling, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill (D) won the support of 68% of Latino voters, while Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) received 67% support from Latino voters.
The results mark a shift from just one year ago, when the voting bloc helped propel Trump to victory. Republicans say the time is now to course-correct ahead of next year’s midterms.
“Unfortunately Latinos are leaving the Republican Party after giving us a monumental chance in 2024,” said Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) in an video posted on the social platform X after Tuesday’s results. “In New Jersey and Virginia, Hispanics moved back more than 25 points to the Democratic Party.”
This party has had many “wake-up calls” and somehow seems to just go further to the right in response.
I wish I could find the statement from republican representatives after Obama won a second time, that the party is waking up and realizes the need for comprehensive immigration reform, and connecting with latino communities better. Google has become useless for finding things like this now.
And then the Tea Party happened, and things got worse instead.
yeah, my initial reaction reading this article was “no it’s not, they won’t change anything”
It’s still a wake-up call even if they ignore it. Just like a phone call when your phone is in DND mode.
@cybervseas @MicroWave a few quotes here from various people: https://theweek.com/articles/470542/obamas-second-term-case-immigration-reform
Thanks that’s a pretty good collection of what I remember of that era.