Reply #13: There's actually a bigger problem than that.

[Xithras]

Nationally, around 60% of latinos identify themselves as Democrats, and about 25% as Republicans. HOWEVER: I don't have the national numbers for these, but here in California, nearly 70% of Latino voters self-identify as moderate-to-conservative politically (e.g. oppose abortion, oppose taxation, etc), and roughly 50% of California registered Latino Democrats state that there is little difference between the parties and admit to voting cross-party. Here in California, this is already stoking some quiet conversations about the future of our liberal Democratic party as Latino voters become the single largest voting bloc in the state. If most are Democrats, and most are politically to the right of the current Democratic party, will it force the party right? Or will we stick to our liberal guns and risk chasing them to the Republican party? It doesn't get talked about in public a lot because nobody want't to risk something being taken out of context, but this is a real concern to a lot of people.

Latinos, in general, are overwhelmingly registered Democratic, but there isn't a lot of party loyalty. That's understandable, as the Democratic party hasn't done much to woo them, but that needs to change ASAP. With their political leanings, it wouldn't take a lot for them to flee to the Republicans (there are many parallels between todays latino Democrats and white voters in the South in the 60's, who shifted from overwhelmingly Democratic to overwhelmingly Republican in only a bit over a decade).