The recent Texas elections had high hispanic numbers for the Republicans, too.
/johnny
Yes, Abbott is said to have gotten 44% of the hispanic vote...against abortion fanatic Wendy Davis who crashed and burned spectacularly.
And they say Cornyn won the Latino vote against...did he he even have an opponent?
So yeah, pretty good showing in Texas for the GOP this year among Hispanics. But overall the state’s growing hispanic population is a reliable vote for the Democrats, to the tune of 20 points or more.
Cruz’ staff claims he got 40% of the hispanic vote in 2012. There is not much reason to think that a white Cuban like Cruz will do all that well with Hispanics nationwide. I’d be surprised if he could match shameless panderer George W Bush’s 40% mark in 2004.