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[–] Cant_Call_It 0 points 14 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago (edited ago)
What's the stats for the ones that come here legally? I would have imagined they would be trying to get away from that. Plus, as far as I know, every Hispanic person I've known has been fairly conservative (The ones I've known are here legally, some first generation) That's just my experience though.
Edit: Added the shit in parentheses.
[–] Joe_McCarthy 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
As a general rule the ones that came illegally can't even vote. As for Hispanic conservatism... what do you mean? Social conservatism? Their personal behavior? Well, Hispanics have higher crime rates, abortion rates, and illegitimacy rates than whites. They have lower divorce and drug use rates though. That last one seems to make them less Libertarian come to think of it...
What they most certainly are not is fiscal conservatives. They get a disproportionate amount of free shit and that's why they vote Democrat.
Of course there are also variations between groups. Florida Cubans vote much more Republican than Southwest Mexicans.
In any event Libertarians can't even get small government minded whites to vote for them. Good luck with Pedro.
[–] Cant_Call_It 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
As in we seem to be on the same page on most things and I consider myself somewhere between conservative and libertarian if I were to give myself a label. Again, this is just my experience and my family/friends combined with my personality probably skews the type of person I end up getting to know.
Example: I don't really have any close/personal friends that are black. It's not that I actively avoid them (except for the neighborhoods. I avoid those.) but we just don't really mesh most of the time. Hispanics are hit or miss almost or just just as much as white people for me.
Anyway, long story short, I was just curious about the rundown.
Edit:
I kinda went on my own train of thought and responded to what I was thinking about if that makes sense. I guess it really didn't apply to what you were saying.
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