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Have Hispanic conservatives generally voted for Republican Presidents?

Thursday, August 6, 2020
By Christopher Hutton
YES

Hispanics who say they are conservative have generally aligned with Republican candidates in presidential elections for the past forty years. A 2012 national survey found that 34% of Hispanics identified as politically conservative; a 2010 survey by a Texas newspaper found that 54% of Hispanic voters in that state identified as conservative.

Support for Republican presidential candidates since Ronald Reagan has ranged around that level, peaking at 44% support among Hispanics in 2004 for George W. Bush's reelection. Mitt Romney and Donald Trump underperformed, at 27% in 2012 and 28% in 2016. As for 2020, a June poll by Marist College found Trump back in line with historic levels, at 39%.

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