Republicans are making inroads with Hispanic voters, who in a number of states — including Colorado and Texas — helped fuel the GOP wave in Tuesday’s elections and may boost the Republican run for the White House in 2016.
“We had better candidates this year, who were talking about the issues that people care about and doing it in a way that did not alienate any group,” Luis Fortuño, former governor of Puerto Rico and a member of the Republican National Committee, told the New York Times.
In Georgia, where Latinos are 4 percent of voters, Republican Gov. Nathan Deal snagged his re-election with 47 percent of Hispanic voters behind him; in the Senate race there, conservative GOP businessman David Perdue got 42 percent of the Latino votes while Democrat Michelle Nunn pulled in 57 percent, exit polls showed.
“There is a national trend of Latinos distancing away from the Democrats,” Daniel Garza, executive director of the conservative Libre Initiative, told The Times. “Will it continue? It depends entirely on the Republican Party, especially what they do on the issue of immigration.”
via GOP Electoral Gains Helped by Inroads With Hispanic Voters.
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