Of course the biggest shock may come to Hispanic Trump supporters when they learn that Republicans will impose savage cuts on Medicaid, which covers half their children 3/
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Biggest shock is going to come to rural voters, who may have no idea how dependant their hospitals are on Medicare reimbursement for otherwise uninsured patients. Ditto hospital-adjacent services, like ambulances.
There are several gaps in your assertion: you assume not only that Hispanics that vote are representative of Hispanic residents of the United States, at least in this measure, but that those among them that vote Trump are representative. This could be true, but I didn't see any evidence for it.
Paul, I know this is not your area of expertise but the Latino vote was not uniform based on breakdowns by historical national origin. Mexican Americans broke for Harris.
I’m not sure how to combat this perception but the Latino monolithic voting bloc is a myth.
Will states have the option to increase their state funded match to compensate for federal cuts or will the cuts be based solely on individual eligibility criteria?
It is the caging of Hispanic kids of the previous administration that made R’s a non-choice for me. Ever.
But when their own people vote for that, I am struggling to find empathy.
This is going to affect health of a generation of Hispanic kids, combined with lack of food stamps.
Hispanics are the responsibles for the election of Trump? I thought it was white people. Not to mention the complete silence about Biden and the genocide in Gaza from liberals.
No joke. IMO (blue) state-run agencies that help individuals navigate the ACA marketplace, get coverage under the Medicare expansion, are a soft target.
And all of this comes as a huge surprise, because Trumps voters did not listen to what the orange oligarch really said. Must say though that his thaughts are "like running of a pig, slow but hard to catch".
Another big shock will come to veterans who voted for Trump. Many of them work for the federal government and they stand to lose both their job and their disability pension.
I think disassociation is a valid defense mechanism toward an unthinkable (yet plausible) outcome to the election. I really didn’t like how high the bar was for Harris and how low the bar was for Trump to clear, but that’s what we voted for and we get what we deserve.
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I’m not sure how to combat this perception but the Latino monolithic voting bloc is a myth.
Also, something like 40% of all births are covered by Medicaid. They really need to choose - more wanted pregnancies or nah?
But when their own people vote for that, I am struggling to find empathy.
This is going to affect health of a generation of Hispanic kids, combined with lack of food stamps.
I‘ll (happily) eat a hatful of shit, if the neighbor has to eat two.
Us and theming of sorts.