The Great Realignment: Investigating the American Hispanic and Latino Vote (POSTER)
Alejandro Ramos, Political Science, 2023
Abstract
Data collected from survey for senior thesis.
Why are Hispanics realigning with the Republican party? As recent as the 2022 midterm election, trends have found that more Hispanics are voting with the Republican party. Dating as far back as the 1972 presidential election, the Republican party has never garnered more than 44% of the Hispanic vote (2004). The 2004 presidential election contest was an outlier as the mean acquired by the party is 31.6% The lowest being 21% and the second highest 39%. Data used from Pew Research, fourteen presidential election exit polls, and two midterm election exit polls allowed for the study of the Hispanic voting bloc. Contrary to what has often been assumed, the Hispanic voting bloc is not a monolithic vote. When broken down by nation of origin, Americans with heritage in different Hispanic countries vote differently from others. This is heavily influenced by why they or their ancestors immigrated to the United States and the history of their own country.
The Great Realignment: Investigating the American Hispanic and Latino Vote (POSTER)
Session 21: Digital Commons & West Campus West Building Room 224
Data collected from survey for senior thesis.
Why are Hispanics realigning with the Republican party? As recent as the 2022 midterm election, trends have found that more Hispanics are voting with the Republican party. Dating as far back as the 1972 presidential election, the Republican party has never garnered more than 44% of the Hispanic vote (2004). The 2004 presidential election contest was an outlier as the mean acquired by the party is 31.6% The lowest being 21% and the second highest 39%. Data used from Pew Research, fourteen presidential election exit polls, and two midterm election exit polls allowed for the study of the Hispanic voting bloc. Contrary to what has often been assumed, the Hispanic voting bloc is not a monolithic vote. When broken down by nation of origin, Americans with heritage in different Hispanic countries vote differently from others. This is heavily influenced by why they or their ancestors immigrated to the United States and the history of their own country.
