Selena Zito specalizes in talking with actual voters, she writes now for the New York Post. In this column she observes that we shouldn’t be surprised if, contrary to conventional wisdom, Republicans win a substantial percentage of the Hispanic votes cast tomorrow.
Zito doesn’t speculate much about reasons but I believe a strong economy with lots of jobs and rising wages has a lot to do with the trend she forecasts. Unlike African-Americans, most Hispanics are volunteers, here willingly trying (and often suceeding) to “make it” in Gringoland.
I expect most Hispanics to assimilate very well indeed. The exceptions are the Central American gang members who’ll spend most of their short, tattooed lives in U.S. prisons.
