Latinos are Conservative

  1. Latinos are pro-traditional family.  56% of Latinos oppose gay marriage, compared to 42% of all non-Hispanic people.  In 2008, for example, Latino voters helped provide the margin of victory for Proposition 8 in California restoring the traditional definition of marriage, supporting the initiative by 53% (compared to only 49% sufamilypport among non-Latino whites).

  2. Latinos strongly believe in the dignity of the human person.  57% believe abortion should be illegal, compared to 40% of all non-Hispanic people.

  3. Latinos are pro-business and are very entrepreneurial.  Latinos constitute the largest minority business community.  During the past decade, Hispanic Americans have been opening their own businesses at a rate three times the national average. 

  4. Latinos support competition in the school system.  An America’s Majority poll found that 81% of Hispanics support school choice.

The future (and present) of the conservative movement depends on increased support from the Latino community.  Over 15% of the U.S. population is Latino and the eleven million votes cast by Latinos in the 2008 election represented a 38% increase over 2004.  The average age of a Latino in the U.S. is 27 and 50,000 Latinos in the U.S. turn 18 every day.  Latinos represent the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., the fastest growing ethnic group within the evangelical movement, and are also expected to comprise a majority of American Catholics within the next generation.

“American Hispanics are bound by strong ties of language, religion, family, and culture. In your lives, you demonstrate the importance of real work: producing things of real value, building communities of shared values that enrich America and keep us strong and free. You work long and hard to own your homes, your farms, and business enterprises-your piece of America.” — Ronald Reagan