EXCLUSIVE: Rubio says Dems' Marxist policies pushing Latinos to GOP

While Latino voters — who account for around 1 in 8 eligible voters — gave Democrats 60 percent of their vote in the midterm elections, they now appear to be evenly split between the Democratic and Republican parties.  

According to the data, which was reported earlier this week in a Wall Street Journal poll, if a hypothetical rematch of the 2020 election were held today, 44 percent of Latinos polled said they would support President Biden while 43 percent voiced their support for former President Donald Trump.

There is reason to believe that Latinos – who have been steadily moving towards the right in recent years – are growing weary of the Democratic Party’s progressive platform and continuous push to the left, which is often reminiscent of the Socialist policies that many Latinos attempted to leave behind when they immigrated to the United States.  

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio – a long time champion of free-markets and individual freedom – believes that Latinos are no longer responding favorably to the left’s radical platform and that the GOP ultimately offers a better solution for hard-working Latino families.

“We are seeing a change in our politics. Some of that is a reaction to the radical policies of President Biden and the Marxists that control his party,” Sen. Rubio told ADN America. “But it is also because Republicans are fighting for things that just make sense for working families: safer communities, more involvement from parents in their kids’ education, bringing good jobs back to America, defending people of faith. These are the things that matter to normal people.”

Sen. Rubio’s assessment is apparently in accord with a growing number in a community where religion and family values are deeply engrained in the culture.

As last month’s elections in Virginia showed, educational and economic issues were, in fact, the key issues for voters.

Latinos – who are by nature a diverse community in terms of political views and associations – favored Republican Glenn Youngkin by more than 10 points in Virginia. They have previously indicated that the economy is the most important electoral issue, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll.

The recent Wall Street Journal poll mirrors the 2020 data and shows that Latino voters ranked economic issues as the top priority for the Biden administration and Congress to address.

Sixty-three percent of those polled, however, believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction – and a majority of Latino men said they would like to return to the policies pursued by former President Donald Trump.

“This says to me that the economy matters, particularly to Hispanic men. The economy and economic factors are driving them,” noted Republican pollster Tony Fabrizio.

After the election, Libre Initiative Coalitions Director Michael Monrroy told ADN America that he believes if politicians focus on “kitchen-table” issues such as economic opportunity and education, the Latino community could become an important constituency.

“I think perhaps Washington has focused too heavily on left-leaning policy priorities and need to come back to the center, focusing on the kitchen-table issues that can really transform the lives of Latino families,” Monrroy told ADN America. “These families have been hurting during the pandemic and want economic relief along with a better future for their children.” 

But Democrats have continued to misread their Latino constituencies by supporting economic policies reminiscent of Latin America’s leftist regimes, which have thrown the region into chaos for decades.

Similarly, a lack of understanding of cultural dynamics could certainly be hurting Democrats.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's refusal to drop the term "Latinx" — even after polls show the term offends many Latinos — is certainly not doing them any favors.  

As candidates head into the midterms and the 2024 presidential elections, they would be wise to remember the diversity of the Latino community and take note that jobs, education and family values are the main issues that Latinos will continue to vote for.