Sometimes it looks as if Republicans want to attract Latinos. The G.O.P. post-mortem on the 2012 election recognized the need to “embrace and champion immigration reform.” Reaching out to Latino voters was highlighted in the party’s Growth and Opportunity Project report as essential to the party’s long-term sustainability. …
Roughly two years later, Republicans seem no closer to winning over Latino voters — and in fact, the recent passage of two immigration bills in the House of Representatives, particularly one that defunds the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) act, may have pushed Latino voters even further away from the G.O.P. CONT.
Lynn Vavreck (UCLA), New York Times