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From the Sun Belt battlegrounds of Nevada and Arizona to sprawling turf wars in Texas and Florida, there are signs that the Hispanic vote — which party leaders have long hoped would be the foundation of future electoral success — has yet to flourish in their favor this year.
In some races, stronger-than-expected Republican appeals to Hispanic voters have complicated matters further for Democrats, leaving them scrambling to compete in diverse areas key to determining which party controls the Senate and House.
Ted Cruz has long been one of his party’s most vocal advocates of a strict immigration policy. Still, a Quinnipiac University poll showed him winning 37 percent of Hispanic voters, a slightly higher share than Trump won in the state in 2016, according to exit polls. Overall, Cruz led O’Rourke by nine points in the survey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/it-keeps-me-awake-at-night-democrats-fear-lackluster-latino-support-could-undercut-bid-for-congress/2018/10/12/0b26b6b6-ce30-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c869a2835b65
In some races, stronger-than-expected Republican appeals to Hispanic voters have complicated matters further for Democrats, leaving them scrambling to compete in diverse areas key to determining which party controls the Senate and House.
Ted Cruz has long been one of his party’s most vocal advocates of a strict immigration policy. Still, a Quinnipiac University poll showed him winning 37 percent of Hispanic voters, a slightly higher share than Trump won in the state in 2016, according to exit polls. Overall, Cruz led O’Rourke by nine points in the survey.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/it-keeps-me-awake-at-night-democrats-fear-lackluster-latino-support-could-undercut-bid-for-congress/2018/10/12/0b26b6b6-ce30-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c869a2835b65
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