Why Republicans won the Latin vote in Florida

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Officer Seacow, you've been on a roll tonight. Can't self loathing and loneliness be cured with a bottle of vodka?

Let's do one about how the republicans lost the Latino vote in every state outside of Florida

Inflation is higher in Florida than it is nationwide, so perhaps they should blame DeSantis instead

How about texas r3?

Because the Dems pander only to black people now. Duh.

I think brain failure is the case here.

[quote] “That’s why I voted differently,” she said.

Elsie is a dumbfuck.

Republicans have managed to make Communism and Ruthless Dictator synonymous. They call us Communists in every sentence even if it is not remotely true. Many Latinos have experience with actual ruthless dictators.

Republicans appeal to the Christian roots of Latino voters.

Many Latinos are business owners and Rs appeal to them on that point.

This just makes Hispanics look as stupid as non-Hispanics.

Except what proportion of Hispanics are in thrall of the macho GOP/fascist shit because that's what "strong leaders" are to them?

Republicans have managed to make Communism and Ruthless Dictator synonymous. They call us Communists in every sentence even if it is not remotely true. Many Latinos have experience with actual ruthless dictators.

Republicans appeal to the Christian roots of Latino voters.

Many Latinos are business owners and Rs appeal to them on that point.

Those Republicans are really interested in helping Elsie make ends meat, typical dumbass.

So she voted for the party who has absolutely no plan for how to combat inflation? Genius.

Cuban-Americans are morons. Always have been.

Exhibit A: Jose Marti Exhibit B: Bay of Pigs Exhibit C: Floyd Carollo Exhibit D: Bush and Trump

[quote] Elsie is a dumbfuck.

I take exception to that!

This moron doesn't realize that Republicans probably don't give shit about the expenses attached to her renal failure.

We don't actually have the data yet so these articles are basically propaganda at this point.

Besides, the Latino vote didn't go for all Republicans, just DeSantis, and the Latino vote historically has gone for the incumbent, all the way back to Nixon.

Here's the stats for presidential elections and the Latino vote. Nearly every election, regardless of what party, the incumbent president wins the Latino vote.

It's not a surprise that incumbent governors are the same.

I suspect Edwwin is just spamming us with this shit because he doesn't like what's going on in the threads about his beloved Republicans conjuring up so much hate for LGBTs that we're getting massacred again because of it. Fat fuck Edwwin thinks if he loves the Republicans, they'll love him back.

Democrats are not adequately investing in outreach to Latinos. Republicans have a sophisticated, well-funded outreach to Florida Latinos, including media and community centers

Sorry, enquiring minds REALLY want to know: what does she think Republicans are going to do about inflation and the economy?

Because all Republicans seem to know how to do is cut taxes for the wealthy and sabotage public services.

I love it when main stream media libsplains conservatism to conservatives.

How are we doing with the Latinx? What about the tacos and the Cuban sandwiches?

Ms. Perez hasn't figured out yet that the republicans only want one thing for her and people like her. THEY WANT HER TO FUCKING DIE ALREADY, and stop being a drag on society (meaning, their taxes).

Then she deserves what she gets for re-electing the people who keep her sick and poor. Their policies put her there, and now she’s going to die in pain as they laugh and step right over her zombie bones.

Dumb bitch!

^True dat!

The Daily Show spoke about this two years ago. Many Latinos identify with the values the Republicans purport to represent. Also, Latinos aren't a monolith in this country, and most certainly don't want to be grouped under the umbrella term of Latinx. Many actually want to assimilate to the MAGA perception of what "real" American culture is.

¡Mira Maricons!

¡¡¡Los Safaria De Cletus Latino!!!

This last election was very close. TOO CLOSE. The presidential election was close, considering what a scumbag, piece of shit trump is and how he fucked up the country.

And yes, stupid bitch Elsie is probably on some form of assistance. Probably medicaid or Obamacare and disability. All of which she might lose if the repugs were elected. But you won't hear the democrats telling her that. For the 22 year running, the democrats can't be bothered with messaging. I hate everything about the republicans, but the democrats are weak and lazy.

And even the younger people in Florida (who just had $10,000 to $20,000 handed to them in loan forgiveness) either didn't vote or voted for the republicans. That's sad and pathetic. They also had thousands handed to them during the pandemic and many have their bastard children courtesy of the taxpayers through Medicaid (at a minimum cost of $20,000 per child). They also received checks every month, for their children, courtesy of the democrats. But the democrats don't even mention that. Instead of handing that money to them, they should have made them apply for it.

Florida is not representative of the rest of the country. The rest of the country prevented a red wave. If you were basing things on Florida, you'd expect a red wave (which, of course, never happened).

I just think DeSantis is popular so Floridians voted for him. If he's off the ticket, I don't think the GOP would be so strong there

I would like to know what drives republican voters to assume that the gop will fix inflation without discussing a plan of action. If they think it’s by lowering taxes they should consider the big gift the gop gave corporations under the last administration at our expense which we are still paying off.

Finally this Elsie is probably getting some sort of gov assistance due to her condition which would exempt her from paying income tax anyways.

The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.

R2 That’s all that Ewww.dwin, DL Pariah Brooklyn Seacow can do is roll. It is clinically obse, in addition to being objectively ugly and firmly middle aged.

Mrs Perez does not realize that inflation is currently a global issue, not just a US problem. Also the State of Florida leads the nation in inflation increase. If she looking for a scapegoat or someone to blame, look at your own fucking governor.

Stop calling them Latinx. It's fucking stupid and antagonising

I'm Latina and I can't stand the term Latinx.

Yeah, no Latinos I know use the term

[quote]Because the Dems pander only to black people now. Duh.

True.

And when they do deign to think about Latinos, they call them "LatinX" (despite research showing they do NOT like that) and assume they are a monolith.

And they lump them into "black and brown" as an even bigger monolith.

Yeah, the Latino community is fairly traditional…I think they’re fine with diversity, but for the most part, they respect macho. Not saying they’re toxic about their masculinity, but the majority would never…want their son to cut off his penis. Or have their grandmother share a public restroom with a man in a mini-skirt. They think we are nuts for pushing that. And they’re right. This is not a hill we want to die on.

All those dumb flags. DeSantis just copies Trump.

Latin vote? You mean traditional Catholics who prefer the Latin mass? Well, duh, of course they are voting Republican.

How do you say “shemis” in Spanish?

At the end, the GOP didn’t win the Latin vote. They won some of the vote but nowhere near what it expected.

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They won the Latin vote in Florida, did very well in Texas

Having Miami-Dade go Republican is an astounding political development that would have been unthinkable just six years ago. Trumpism and DeSantism have made Florida deep red.

R46, they like DeSantis and didn’t like Crist.

It’s less about liking Republicans than like DeSantis,

Don’t know if they would vote for another Republican for gov just because he’s Republican

Democrats are dumb to keep putting up Crist. They were dumb in VA to put up Terry McAuliffe. Democratic voters in those states still don’t get voters want fresh, unconventional candidates

"voters want fresh, unconventional candidates"

Exactly. Like Herschel Walker.

Does Elsie Perez really believe that she will fare better under Republicans?

The problem is that many voters are reactive and have little or no real knowledge of how the moving parts of the economy actually work and interact.

R49, Hershel is close to winning

I don't believe that R51. Obvious CTE victim.

You obviously don’t know Georgia politics r52

I know that Zell Miller's demographic are all dead, and that's a good thing.

That’s crazy R51. I believe you.

DeSantis created the most effective voter registration drive in the 2022 cycle, adding to the Republican gains from among those who were born in or moved to Florida. Republicans now outnumber Democrats for the first time in state history. If a significant majority of New Yorkers who came to Florida during the past decade still lived in their former state, and had been there to vote for Zeldin, the gubernatorial race results may have turned out differently.

R51 Close indeed. But like Herschel and your spelling, a bit off.

[quote]Republicans have managed to make Communism and Ruthless Dictator synonymous.

Communism IS synonymous to ruthless dictators, it's based on a totalitarian ideology and produces dictatorial regimes.

What the Rethugs have done is propagandizing a run-of-the-mill centrist party as the Democrats as if they are the second coming of Pol Pot. That's the outrageous manipulation going on.

R56 New Yorkers are happy to have lost those trash voters. Right-wing Boomer trash, cluttering up the suburbs with their armchair bigotry and self-interest couched in harmless economic terms.

"I vote Republican for lower gas prices, and because Pataki kept 'em honest!"

Bullshit, Deborah! You vote that way because you hate the gays and the Schwartzes. You never drive more than eight miles in a week, anyway!

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Why do the dems just sit back and take the blame? Trump is directly responsible for the economy we have today. Bush Jr fucking crashed the economy and it took Obama a good four years to turn it around. Why is this fuckng mess Biden's fault when we are still feeling the effects fo Trumps economic polices, trade wars and ineffectual Covid response? Hell if Trump had won it would be worse. History has proven over and over the Republicans fuck up the economy - (Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush Jr, Trump) and the Dems fix it (Clinton, Obama, Biden).

Obama successfully convinced voters in 2012 that Bush was to blame for the high unemployment and overall lackluster economy. He had charisma and extraordinary political skills to weather prolonged bad economic news

r62 who needed convincing? Bush Jr fucking tanked the economy so bad (like Trump did) that it took four years to get it turned around

Nonsense R62. Bush cooked the books and lied about the economy for eight years. At the end of his term it was in freefall. Obama got a small stimulus, but republicans blocked the rest. They also blocked the public option and expansion of medical schools to stop the cost controls Obama wanted in ACA. However, the first years were relatively low cost as companies actually competed before raising their prices because the public had become indifferent. The public are far to the left of both parties. They would like government health care, nationalized oil and gas, and an end to Wall Street hedge funds and unregulated financial instruments. They would like more transparency in corporate America and workers on the boards of directors of all public companies. They would like better transit infrastructure and an end to college price fixing. They would like to see K street gutted and campaign finance limits. They would like to see conservative media monopolies broken up and people like Elon Musk taxed so much they have ability to meddle in politics.

Capitalism is first stage socialism but it only works if corporations are strictly regulated in the public interest.

In 2012, Obama won Florida by 73k votes. In 2016, Trump won Florida by 113k. He was tremendously effective at boosting GOP margins in heavily white Central Florida. Pasco: +38k Hernando: +20k Citrus: +16k Polk: +23k Lake: +13k Sumter: +9k Marion: +20k Brevard: +26k Volusua: +31k

R65 In The US regulations on corporations have been whittled down to almost nothing.

In 2018, both the Senate and governors went down to the wire, but in 2022 they were Republican landslides, not going in the right direction.

Florida is attracting dissident conservatives from the North, deepening the redness of the state

Yeah, but Florida is full of morons and really scary places to live.

They prefer inept GOP governors who make their lives poorer and more miserable. I guess they like it that way! I couldn't care less. Screw 'em!

Why would you live in a place renowned for attacking crazy people? I mean the place is literally built on running away from one’s problems.

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[quote] She pointed to the unique challenges she faces with inflation and the economy.

US Inflation Rate is at 6.04%, compared to 6.41% last month and 7.87% last year. This is higher than the long term average of 3.28%.

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