Latino adults in the United States overwhelmingly believe the Democratic Party cares more about them and works harder to earn their support in elections than the Republican Party, according to a poll released Thursday.
The nonpartisan Pew Research Center in Washington found that 71% of Latinos polled in early August said Democrats do more to earn their vote, compared to 45% who said the same about Republicans. Slightly more than half of Latinos polled said the GOP had not worked very well at courting voters.
Latinos and Hispanics, used interchangeably in poll results, were nearly twice as likely to say Democrats “care” about them, 63%, versus the Republican Party, which came in at 34%.
That sharp contrast in views about U.S. political parties carried over to partisan affiliations. Latinos are almost twice as likely to be registered Democrats than Republicans, 64% to 33%. Those numbers have not changed much over the past three years.
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Latinos are now the country’s second-largest group of adult U.S. citizens eligible to vote in elections. Just shy of 35 million Latinos — 14% of all U.S. voters — will be able to cast a ballot this fall. It means candidates in both parties will want to appeal to Hispanics to lock down a victory.
The findings seem to conflict with Republicans’ claims this election cycle that lifelong Hispanic voters are abandoning the Democratic Party and going red.
Three Latinas in South Texas running for congressional seats that have each gone to Democrats for more than a century told the Washington Examiner in interviews this month that they are confident they can convert moderate, socially conservative Democrats to back them in November.
The Republican Party believes its ticket to success on election night lies with Monica De La Cruz, Rep. Mayra Flores, and Cassy Garcia. The three are outspoken and unashamed of being anti-abortion, pro-border security, and nationalistic. They have branded themselves the “Triple Threat” — the GOP equivalent of the progressive “Squad” that was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018.
The women hope to follow in former President Donald Trump’s footsteps after he increased his votes from Hispanics between the 2016 and 2020 elections.
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The poll was conducted between Aug. 1 and 14 among 3,029 Hispanic respondents and 2,004 Hispanic registered voters. The surveys had a margin of error of 2.7 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points, respectively.
