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Fueled by the Hispanic vote, Florida has slowly finished its right-leaning turn and secured a new Conservative district in November 2022. Nationwide, exit polls showed a 10-point shift in Hispanic midterm votes to conservative candidates. The liberal vote share dropped five points for him, which had a major impact on the election outcome.
Politicians and pollsters are now tracking the largest ethnic/racial minority groups in the country. If Hispanics control the vote, do we own the future too?
Hispanics weren’t accurately counted as a separate group until the 2010 Census.
Both major political parties are pushing for Hispanic votes, breaking advertising spending records.
(Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Miami-Dade County, one of the nation’s largest Hispanic population centers after Houston’s Harris County, Texas, won more votes in the Hispanic midterm elections than Miami-Dade County.
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What makes Hispanics so influential? For one, we have the fastest growing population in the country, growing 50% between 2010 and 2020. . For another, we have traditional values and respect God, family, religion, country, industry and education.
By 2060, the Hispanic population is projected to be about 27.5% of the total population, with non-Hispanic whites making up 44.3%. In raw numbers, that’s 179 million non-Hispanic whites and 111 million Hispanics, up from about 62 million today. That’s a lot of votes.
Heading into the midterm elections, politicians and pundits believed Hispanics were “persuasive.” It is true that we do not adhere to party boundaries, but we do adhere to socially conservative values.
In short, we want to feed our children, take them to the doctor when they are sick, send them to good schools, and know they are safe when they leave home. It leads to our top concerns in the midterm elections: healthcare, education, violent crime.
A lesser problem was the overanalyzed view of immigration. Only 21% of Hispanic voters see immigration as their top concern. A majority of Hispanic voters, 57%, say the government is doing little to solve the immigration problem.
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A majority of Hispanic voters, 57%, say the government is doing little to solve the immigration problem.
(AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)
Much more important to us is the economy. This means fair employment opportunities, including a system for hiring legal workers. By a wide margin, we support proof of employment. For all the same reasons, we are not against voter verification. You do not need to mail your ballot. I know how to get my ballot, where to find the proper ID, and what a driver’s license is. To say otherwise is just an insult.
What will the future look like as Hispanics continue to grow in influence? It will be a future that embraces all these values, consistent with traditional American values.
We believe in education. Today, Hispanics make up her 28% of public school students. While high school dropout rates have plummeted, tertiary enrollment rates continue to rise.
Hispanics make up 28% of public school students.
(Reuters)
We will continue to raise our voices within the education system. As we do, we demand that our children receive an education that is consistent with the values we exercise at home.
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Many of our value systems stem from our respect for the family, which is central to society and significantly influences our pro-life stance.
Our religious life is essential. Many of us descend from people whose entire social life revolves around their local church. We support freedom of speech and religion, and the right to raise children according to our religious preferences. We do not allow outsiders to dictate our religious views or how we should train our children.
With this in mind, I noticed that voters under the age of 21 outnumbered all ethnic groups tallied. In that demographic, whites are a minority, albeit the largest minority. After the 2024 election, her second largest group of voters will be Hispanic entrepreneurs, young professionals and parents.
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This trend is normal rather than abnormal. We expect him to remain the second largest minority group in the United States until he becomes the majority between 2070 and 2100.
What happens when Hispanic voters control the vote? We care about education, economic growth, opportunity for our children, family, faith, life and freedom. We don’t change, but everything can change for our country.
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