{"id":256,"date":"2024-03-01T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/?p=256"},"modified":"2024-03-12T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:28:55","slug":"icymi-congresswoman-monica-de-la-cruz-shares-insight-on-latino-voter-shift-in-newsweek-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/icymi-congresswoman-monica-de-la-cruz-shares-insight-on-latino-voter-shift-in-newsweek-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz Shares Insight on Latino Voter Shift in Newsweek Op-Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a compelling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-gaining-latinos-because-he-delivered-america-dream-opinion-1874940\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">op-ed for Newsweek<\/a>, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) discusses the significant pivot of Latino voters towards the Republican Party. Highlighting her own community in Hidalgo County, Texas, she points to dramatic changes in voting patterns: a 48% increase in Republican turnout and a 34% decrease in Democratic participation since 2020 in the ongoing primaries. These figures, she argues, are indicative of a broader national trend that could have profound implications for future elections.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excerpt from the op-ed:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Democrats are panicking and dumbfounded as President Trump is surging with Hispanics. It&#8217;s not just survey data. In my community of Hidalgo County, Texas, where Hispanics make up over 90 percent of the population, primary early vote figures point to a political earthquake: Republican turnout has skyrocketed by 48 percent since 2020, while Democratic participation has plummeted by 34 percent.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De La Cruz attributes this shift to a combination of the Democrats&#8217; failure to connect with Latino values, particularly on issues like border security, and the tangible economic improvements Hispanics experienced under Trump&#8217;s presidency. She notes the Biden administration&#8217;s policies have been particularly harmful to Latino communities, and calls for a united Republican effort to build a diverse, working-class coalition to secure a prosperous American future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more insights and the full commentary,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-gaining-latinos-because-he-delivered-america-dream-opinion-1874940\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">read the op-ed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">#####<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a compelling&nbsp;op-ed for Newsweek, Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz (TX-15) discusses the significant pivot of Latino voters towards the Republican Party. Highlighting her own community in Hidalgo County, Texas, she points to dramatic changes in voting patterns: a 48% increase in Republican turnout and a 34% decrease in Democratic participation since 2020 in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monicaforcongress.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}