You mean, people who came here legally, and patiently went through the process of acquiring U.S. citizenship, as opposed to illegal "immigrants" who snuck in?
I'll bite, and say GOP.
<I’ll bite, and say GOP.
Same here. I don’t know the stats, but the legal Vietnamese, Laotian, South American, Cuban, African, Caribbean immigrants I’ve met are all conservative. Maybe I’ve just been lucky. : )
Pew Research, a center-left think tank says new citizens vote 75% Democratic.
Conservative, immigration restriction think tanks estimate 80%-85% vote Democratic.
The news gets worse.
Before massive legal immigration began in the 1980’s, second generation immigrant children voted close to 50%-50% GOP to Democrat.
Today's second generation votes 65%-35% for Democrats.
The reasons are obvious.
30% of new citizens do not have a high school education.
35% have just a high school diploma.
Less than 5% of America's new citizens come from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and northern Europe.
And, we have admitted almost 5 million new citizens in the last three years.
Over the next 20 years American Conservatism is going to be destroyed by a blend of demographics and democracy.
People who believe the 2010 elections will ignite some kind of Conservative political renaissance are mistaken.
If our current immigration policies continue, Conservatives may be able to postpone political destruction, but we cannot stop it.