Democratic Nightmare: Many Latinos Ignore Race Politics, Vote on Economy

Democrats are worried that their bet on Latino voting-power is failing amid President Donald Trump’s good economy, say media reports.

The Democrats’ bet seems to be failing because most second-generation and third-generation Latino voters are ignoring the Democrats’ racial-resentment pitch, and instead want to vote like other Americans: They primarily want to boost their jobs, families, schools, and neighborhoods, not fight other ethnic groups for a greater share of civic status and government aid.

“Hispanic voters were supposed to be the party’s future. It’s not working out that way,” said the headline on a Slate.com article. The article continued:

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