{"id":1202,"date":"2026-06-12T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:39:10","slug":"it-suddenly-dawns-on-democrats-that-ethnic-pandering-is-bombing-with-latino-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"It suddenly dawns on Democrats that ethnic pandering is bombing with Latino voters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Democrats have been losing Latino voters in droves to President Trump and many Republicans, to the consternation of many leftist leaders, all of whom view Latino voters as ‘their’ voters, as loyal as black voters to Democrats; “their” property. They always have.<\/p>\n

Read more The Anthony family saga<\/a><\/p>\n

So, one of them decided to hire a leftwing consultant to try to sort it out for them: Turns out ethnic pandering — the politics of building ethnic blocs and representational box checking, and diversity based on skin tone — doesn’t impress them much.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Times:<\/p>\n

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Way to Win, a Democratic-aligned group that focuses on the Sun Belt, including Latino voters, has a new report out today that offers some possible answers for the party.<\/p>\n

One conclusion: \u201cThe fastest way to lose these communities is to treat their ethnicity as the most interesting thing about them,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth lingering on that statement. Some Democrats have long treated Latino voters as a kind of monolithic group. They\u2019ve focused on Spanish-language advertising, brought mariachi bands to campaign rallies, and sprinkled Spanish into their speeches \u2014 all in an effort to attract a growing demographic that is essential to a winning national coalition.<\/p>\n

This report suggests that the reality is much more complicated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Turns out Latinos are voting Republican because they are more like Republicans<\/em>.<\/p>\n

They don’t want everything to be about race,\u00a0se habla espa\u00f1ol,\u00a0<\/em>historic firsts, or free tacos for the rally, for example, as I saw in one anti-Karen Bass ad mocking it.<\/p>\n

In fact, they distrust government to a striking extent because, well, government, and generally that’s blue-city Democrat rule, has betrayed them. I read the linked report.<\/p>\n

But the report never gets into specifics on which kind of government\u00a0that distrust comes from — it often points to the Trump administration, when in fact it emphasizes that Latino voters focus on the tangible in their community, and that could only be local blue-city Democrat government, run by one party.<\/p>\n

Some details:<\/p>\n

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    Almost half did not trust any level of government.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    When asked to pick one word to describe the government, nearly every participant chose a negative one.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Many believed that \u201celites\u201d deliberately stoked mistrust and benefited from it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Many have stopped believing that anyone in charge takes their responsibility seriously.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Again, like Republicans.<\/p>\n

    I liked this quote:<\/p>\n

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    \u201cDon\u2019t come at me with this cultural pandering,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to know how you\u2019re going to fight for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Read more Chutzpah: In Los Angeles mayor\u2019s race, Nithya Raman makes an appeal for Spencer Pratt\u2019s voters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    There was an emphasis on family and community values, on time (what Eric Hoffer called the ordinary Americans’ interest in just being left alone), and on inability to get ahead despite working and studying as per the American dream. Economy-wise, the focus was on the micro-economy one can see at the grocery store and in the Obamacare bill, all\u00a0of which have given Democrats a\u00a0fearsome battering at the polls as they\u00a0look\u00a0to break up families and raise taxes.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0These ads by Adrian E. Alvarez, who founded Latinos Por Pratt and did the first Spencer Saca la Bassura ads that were such a sensation, illustrate what the consultants found:<\/p>\n