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[La Red Hispana] We Are Still Not Getting the Latino Vote Right

Ceasing to treat Hispanics as a homogeneous voting bloc is only part of the answer. Coming up with a better framework to understand their voting attitudes is the harder bit.

Just as American democracy plunges into a confused mess of tribalism, siloed narratives and contested vote totals, one takeaway from the November 3rd election seems beyond contest — to tap into the growing Latino vote, both parties will need to reckon with its inner diversity. But graduating from the old received wisdom that saw Hispanics as a monolith doesn’t guarantee that it will be replaced by something better.

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Jorge González-Gallarza
Jorge González-Gallarza

Written by Jorge González-Gallarza

Writing from Paris, Jorge's work has featured in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The American Conservative, The National Interest and elsewhere.

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