The Panamanian-born moderate-liberal commentator zeroes in on the results of a Resurgent Republic poll with Hispanic voters in swing states: "When Latinos in swing
states are asked whom they trust to improve the economy, the answer is
Democrats by a margin of 56 to 31 percent. Similarly, when they
are asked which party has the right plans to improve education, a key to
upward economic mobility, they favor Democrats over the GOP, 62 percent
to 22 percent. Hispanic voters even told Resurgent Republic that
Democrats, more than Republicans, share their social values by a margin
of 66 percent to 21 percent. That finding shatters the
conventional wisdom that socially conservative Catholic Hispanics would
flock to the GOP were it not for the immigration issues."
More: "This time bomb for Republicans leaves them two
options. They can play to short-term resentment of immigrants among
aging white conservatives or they can try to persuade the current base
of the party to take the long-view and act in the best interests of the
GOP’s future. The political reality is that the fast-rising number
of Latino voters moving into GOP congressional districts hurts
Republican efforts to hold the majority in the House and kills hopes of
gains in the Senate."
Juan Williams: "The Republican Party's Image Is Toxic With Hispanic Voters"
