WaPo: “The Republican Party is gaining fast on its ability to relate to the fastest-growing bloc of American voters, particularly in the South: Latinos.
For decades, Democrats have enjoyed a large advantage with immigrant populations from Spanish-speaking countries or cultures. Many Latino voters have perceived the Democratic Party as being more welcoming than the Republican Party.
On that trajectory, it would appear to create massive problems for the GOP in its Deep South stronghold where Latino population growth has surged the most as the White population stagnates. The Hispanic or Latino population is by far the fastest-growing of any group in the United States, particularly over the past 20 years. In Virginia alone, the numbers increased by nearly 44 percent from 2010 to 2020 compared with an overall population growth rate of 8 percent. Latinos now account for slightly more than one in every 10 Virginia residents, according to the 2020 Census.”