During the mid-term elections in the United States, the Hispanic community did not adhere to the campaign themes of the Grand Old Party.
by Corine Lesnes (San Francisco , correspondent)
Latin “realignment” did not take place. The Republicans who had propagated the idea that the Hispanics were going to switch to their favor during the mid-term elections on November 8 had to be disillusioned. Not only does the great migration expected from the votes of this community did not occur, but the mobilization of Latinos has tipped the balance on the democratic side in many critical ballots.
Latinos, 35 million potential voters, or 14 % of the electoral body, first confirmed that they weighed more and more in the political landscape, “both as electors and candidates”, said Clarissa Martinez de Castro, Unidosus, an association of encouragement in civic participation on November 10 at a press conference. Seven new Hispanic elected officials should enter the Congress, including a just elected candidate in Colorado, thanks to the mobilization of Latinos, the Democrat Yadira Caraveo, a pediatrician of Mexican origin whose parents have arrived clandestinely in the United States, in the 1970s.
According to the exit surveys of the ballot boxes, the Latin vote did not, however, stood out from its usual configuration: two thirds for the Democrats, one third for the Republicans. Only the Florida Latinos voted mainly (54 %) for republican candidates in the Chamber. The county of Miami Dade, historic bastion of the left, switched to the conservative camp. Explanations: the influence of Cubans, as well as the Venezuelans, receptive to the antisocialist messages of the Republicans, but also the influence of the two heavy goods vehicles: Ron Desantis, re -elected governor (with 55 % of the Latin vote, despite his ” Charter “from migrants to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, in September), and Senator Marco Rubio.
Rejection of extremes
According to an investigation by the
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