Hispanics Conservative?
BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 6 months ago
Hat tip to Polipundit for the commentary by Gary Bauer in the Washington Times here. I am not so sanguine as Gary about the alleged conservatism of Hispanics. The so-called values-based issues (such as abortion) are based on their Catholic tradition. On the other issues the numbers are far less impressive than values-based issues. (By the way, I hate the phrase “values-based” or “values-oriented.” It presses to the conclusion that some issues are not value-based – a notion with which I disagree. Your value system should inform every decision on every issue.)
However, I do believe that there is a slight to moderate difference between the Hispanics who are here now (and who have been in the U.S. for years) and the ones coming (or who are about to come). The ones who have been here are at least accustomed to hard work. The ones who are still in Mexico and other Latin American countries are still in the middle of some of the most strongly entrenched socialism in the world. And … there is every reason to conclude that they will vote this way upon being granted with citizenship.
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