Latino Decisions and FP Kerry Eleveld put down the rest that Trump got 30% of the Latino votes, the methodology of Exit Polling and the consensus among different latino targeted pre election polling that put that number around mid teens.
But, there is an angle of esta población that has not been looked at, rural latinos. Are they different then their urban counterparts? are they more prone to listen to a candidate like Trump even though he threatens everything they stand for and everyone the love? I always emphasize, Latinos, as an ETHNICITY, are not monolithic. Venimos de todas partes. Venimos a los EEUU from different social/cultural backgrounds, countries, and where we end up living/gropwingup/creciendo.
the WaPo has an interesting article about this topic, I do find the way the way they got to their conclusions a tad simplistic y dudoso, but it should be talked about.
And here’s the surprise: many rural Southwestern counties with large Hispanic, predominantly Mexican populations, moved in Trump’s direction as well.
That wasn’t true in Southwestern states as a whole. States like New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada,Arizona, and Texas remained blue or became less red. Hillary Clinton got strong Hispanic turnout in Sun Belt metropolises like Las Vegas, Phoenix, and San Antonio.
But if you look closely at many largely Hispanic rural areas in these states, you find that Trump did better — and Hillary did worse — than did Mitt Romney or Barack Obama. Voting in these counties was much like that in similar counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
the author is implying that rural latinos are voting or at least appeared to vote similarly to rural whites. Hence, the divide with their hermanos urbanos.
The author contends that Latino Decisions may be right when they dispute exit polls, but they also relied on polling latinos in predominantly urban pockets.
As you can see in the graphics, there is some números to support the claim. These are southwestern predominantly latino rural counties.
Now, the question arrises
Why?
The author explains this with : Poverty. I think this a tad simplistic, because most urban latinos are not latte sipping, NYT reading, Sondheim loving, Carménère drinking like me (hmmm am I a liberal stereotype or a gay stereotype?)… but who has better access to government programs that help poor latinos( and others), or alt least has better ways to know about them or the government or reach them? This is just my hypothesis, there may be an hyperassimilation effect, or just simply a bad messaging by the democrats to understand this non-monolithical population.
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