Latino Republicans and Independents Back Trump’s Deportation Plan, to a Point
Hispanic voters disillusioned with Democrats want tougher immigration enforcement, but dozens of interviews showed many unfamiliar with details of Trump’s proposal.
“Notably, the poll found that mass deportation was popular with Hispanics, with 53 percent saying they would favor such a program and 47 percent saying they would oppose it. White people were more supportive of mass deportations, with 67 percent saying they would back the program, and 33 percent saying they would oppose it. Among Black people, it was 47 percent in favor and 53 percent opposed.”
Makes sense when neither of the two major parties is willing to speak against it. If Harris made opposition to draconian treatment of migrants a consistent part of her campaign those numbers could change, but Democratic politicians only try to lead on issues their donors care about and just weather-vane themselves into Republican-lite irrelevance on everything else.
Not just donors, I don’t expect any politician to speak against an issue that a majority of the public supports, but then we have the Republicans trying to ban abortion. I guess we’ll see how that works out for them!
I don’t expect any politician to speak against an issue that a majority of the public supports
This is way too simplistic and totally misunderstands the power of political leaders in democratic societies to shape public opinion. Like, the only real explanation for why public opinion on migration tanked is because Democratic lawmakers realized after 2020 that talking about ICE and CBP’s deeply institutionalized problems made Biden look bad instead of Trump, so they stopped sticking up against them when more border problems inevitably came out and started blaming those on the migrants instead and the opinions of Democratic party voters followed.
then we have the Republicans trying to ban abortion. I guess we’ll see how that works out for them
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/trump-latino-voters-deportation.html
Latino Republicans and Independents Back Trump’s Deportation Plan, to a Point
Hispanic voters disillusioned with Democrats want tougher immigration enforcement, but dozens of interviews showed many unfamiliar with details of Trump’s proposal.
https://www.newsweek.com/majority-hispanics-favor-mass-deportation-1913510
Majority of Hispanics Now Favor Mass Deportation
“Notably, the poll found that mass deportation was popular with Hispanics, with 53 percent saying they would favor such a program and 47 percent saying they would oppose it. White people were more supportive of mass deportations, with 67 percent saying they would back the program, and 33 percent saying they would oppose it. Among Black people, it was 47 percent in favor and 53 percent opposed.”
Makes sense when neither of the two major parties is willing to speak against it. If Harris made opposition to draconian treatment of migrants a consistent part of her campaign those numbers could change, but Democratic politicians only try to lead on issues their donors care about and just weather-vane themselves into Republican-lite irrelevance on everything else.
Not just donors, I don’t expect any politician to speak against an issue that a majority of the public supports, but then we have the Republicans trying to ban abortion. I guess we’ll see how that works out for them!
This is way too simplistic and totally misunderstands the power of political leaders in democratic societies to shape public opinion. Like, the only real explanation for why public opinion on migration tanked is because Democratic lawmakers realized after 2020 that talking about ICE and CBP’s deeply institutionalized problems made Biden look bad instead of Trump, so they stopped sticking up against them when more border problems inevitably came out and started blaming those on the migrants instead and the opinions of Democratic party voters followed.
Reproductive healthcare is more restricted than it’s ever been in my lifetime and there’s no indication that we’ll be overturning the court rulings that made that happen anytime soon. Also, all these political campaigns are sucking up all the donor dollars that reproductive healthcare funds still really need.
It won’t be overturned, but the ramifications on elections is the near term consequence.
Yeah…
But people want to ban fracking and want healthcare fixed among lots of other things…
When the party is only willing to move in one direction for votes it stops looking like reasoning and more like excuses.