In case you missed it, Democrats are scrambling as their party's growing socialist base is repelling Hispanic voters who know the dangers of failed far-left policies too well.
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Democrats worry rising socialism turning off Hispanic voters
The Hill
September 4, 2026
“Socialism is a nonstarter in places like Florida, where there are big swaths of Hispanic voters,” said one Democratic strategist in the state. “The word in and of itself is toxic.”
The strategist pointed to Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, the Democratic candidate who is running for Senate in the Sunshine State. Her association with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will hurt her chances of winning in Florida, said the strategist.
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Polling shows that democratic socialism has yet to gain traction among Hispanic Democrats.
A Pew Research Center survey released earlier this year found that just 20 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning Hispanic voters viewed political leaders who identify as democratic socialists favorably — compared with 21 percent of Black Democrats, 30 percent of Asian Democrats and 40 percent of white voters in their party.
The skepticism speaks to views on socialism more broadly.
A 2022 Pew survey shows that more than half of Latino respondents had a “positive impression” of capitalism, while 53 percent of those polled had a negative impression of socialism. Just 41 percent said they had a definitive positive view of socialism.
The breakdown was even more stark by national origin: For example, 82 percent of Cuban respondents said they have a “very or somewhat negative impression of socialism.”
The same poll revealed that among Puerto Rican adults, 64 percent also had a negative view of socialism.
The skepticism was less pronounced among Hispanic respondents of Mexican and South American origin: The survey showed that 51 percent and 47 percent of those voters, respectively, viewed socialism through a negative lens.
Democratic strategist Luis Miranda, who worked in the Obama White House as the director of Hispanic media, said he understands some of the concern among Democrats, as someone who was born in Colombia and raised in the United States.
“I saw what the extremes did in the country I was born in, both the far right and the far left,” Miranda said. “For a lot of Latinos, they’re going to feel that intrinsically.”
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