Latinos overwhelmingly vote for liberals in spite of the efforts of conservative Latino organizers and consultants. There are three possible explanations: (1) Latino voters are inherently liberal, probably because of their economic status as a class, (2) Latino voters are not inherently liberal, but vote liberal because of the Republican position on immigration reform, and (3) the organizers and consultants are doing a poor job.The party wants to believe the answer is (2). Mirengoff and COTTonLINE believe the answer is (1).
Undocumented migrants from Latin America are not the successful citizens of those countries. Rather they are individuals whose home country economic prospects are hopeless enough to justify the risk of heading north outside the law.
Ask yourself this question: How many American citizens from similar economic circumstances vote for GOP candidates? Answer: Next to none. Why should we expect Hispanics' voting to differ markedly?
