Latino Support for Trump Is Real - www.theatlantic.com

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...In an election that will likely come down to the smallest margins of victory, the consistent support for Trump from a small, but vocal, subset of Latino voters is a real threat to Democrats.

...According to a Pew Research Center report, "The closer they are to their immigrant roots, the more likely Americans with Hispanic ancestry are to identify as Hispanic." Complicating matters further, the report notes, "a long-standing high intermarriage rate and a decade of declining Latin American immigration are distancing some Americans with Hispanic ancestry from the life experiences of earlier generations, reducing the likelihood they call themselves Latino."

...Read: Bernie Sanders's biggest test yet with Latino voters.

...The third generation only self-identifies as Latino 77 percent of the time.

...By the fourth generation or after, only half of U.S. adults with Latino ancestry say they are Latino.

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