ICYMI: California Latinos are leaving Democrats behind

May 21, 2025

California’s Latino voters are done with the radical, out of touch Democrat circus. The Democrats’ obsession with identity politics and empty theatrics is falling flat and Latinos are walking away, ready for real commonsense results. And this isn’t just a California story, it’s a national trend.

“For years, Democrats have taken working-class and latinos for granted. Now, Latino voters are gravitating toward the Republican Party because commonsense Republican leadership is delivering real results. From economic opportunity to safer communities, Republicans are earning trust while Democrats double down on a radical, out of touch policies hurting Americans.” – NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez

California Latinos are leaving Democrats behind
Politico
Blake Jones, Dustin Gardiner

Latino voters in California drifted away from Democrats in last fall’s presidential election, magnifying a troubling trend for the state’s ruling party.

Their support for former Vice President Kamala Harris was 10 percentage points lower than it was for former President Joe Biden — who himself suffered a 7-point drop from Hillary Clinton’s performance in the Golden State, according to a fresh election postmortem from the respected firm Catalist.

Big picture: That shrinking support aligns with a national trend for Democrats. But the consequences in California — assuming it continues along this trajectory — could be seismic in a state where more than 40 percent of residents are Hispanic or Latino.

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Indeed, it was younger Latinos — especially men — who moved to the right at the highest rate last fall, according to Catalist.

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But only 21 percent of California voters and 27 percent of Hispanic voters backed providing the benefit to undocumented Californians if it requires budget cuts elsewhere — a likely scenario given a large Medi-Cal shortfall and Newsom’s aversion to broad tax hikes.