Latinos are showing little sign of shifting significantly away from the Democratic Party, Gallup analysis finds. - NBCLatino
In recent polling, Hispanics identify with Democrats over Republicans by about 30 percentage points — a similar margin to previous years.Emily Michot / Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images fileLatinos are showing little sign of shifting significantly away from the Democratic Party, a Gallup analysis published Thursday states.
“We do not see a major shift at this point on the party with whom Hispanics nationally identify,” Newport told NBC News. In the final six months of 2021, that changed to 54 percent Democrat or lean Democrat and 26 percent Republican or lean Republican. That averaged out to about a 30-point advantage for Democrats for the year.“There clearly are conjectures and hypotheses and assertions that the Hispanic population is becoming more Republican, so it’s important to check on long-term trends,” Newport said.
“The 30-point Democratic advantage in party identification among Hispanic adults in 2021 is, in fact, greater than the 26-point Democratic margin in 2011,” it stated. But in follow-up questions, those who identified as independent were more likely to say they lean Democrat than Republican.