A poll released Monday by Pew Research Center shows that Latino illegal immigrants, given the opportunity to vote, would vote Democratic at an eight-to-one clip. 31 percent of illegal immigrants of Latino descent identify themselves as Democrats, compared to just 4 percent who identify as Republicans; another 23 percent lean Democrat, compared with 15 percent who lean Republican. www.pewresearch.org/fact-...overwhelmingly-democrats/
Over time, illegal immigrants also begin identifying with political parties. For those in the US under ten years, 26 percent identified with Democrats against 9 percent for Republicans; for those who’d been in the US for over two decades, 54 percent identified as Democrats and 10 percent identified as Republicans.
Overall, Latino immigrants eligible to vote identify as Democrats vs. Republicans at a 54 percent to 11 percent clip.
Poster Comment:
Eileen Patten, the lead pew researcher on this poll, confirmed that Breibart's article headline was correct. She commented as follows, when questioned about Breibart's headline:
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"the 8-to-1 ratio the Breitbart piece refers to our finding from the 2012 National Survey of Latinos that 31% of unauthorized Hispanic immigrants identify with the Democratic Party, whereas 4% identify with the Republican Party.
Looking at the share who either say they identify with a party or lean more toward one than the other, the ratio narrows somewhat to just under 3-to-1 (54% vs. 19%).