Hispanics with longer ties to the US more likely to be Republican though majority overall are Democrats--Gallup

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"These results are based on a USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,753 Hispanics, conducted April 16-May 31."

7/2/12, "Half of U.S. Hispanics Identify as Political Independents," "But more than half identify as or lean Democratic," Gallup

Among registered Hispanic voters: 60% democrat, 10% independent, 27% republican.

"Although a majority of Hispanics identify as political independents, when probed for a party leaning in a follow-up question, roughly twice as many are classified as Democratic identifiers or leaners than as Republican identifiers or leaners....

Hispanic immigrants are much more likely than those born in the United States to lack a political party attachment, contributing to the high proportion of political independence among the U.S. Hispanic population in general....

Sixty percent of Hispanic immigrants identify as political independents, compared with 44% of first-generation Hispanic Americans and 43% of second-generation or higher Hispanics. All groups show much greater identification with the Democratic than the Republican Party, though each succeeding generation of Hispanics is more likely to identify as Republican than the prior one....

Hispanics with longer ties to the United States are more likely to be Republicans and less likely to be non-leaning independents."...(Those of second generation or more, self and both parents born in US, slightly more likely to be Republican). via RedState


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