It’s a distinct possibility, and it would be IMNSHO a good thing. William McGurn had some thoughts on this, citing a recent mayoral election in McAllen, TX, in which a Republican was elected for the first time ever. McGurn also noted that, in the 2020 Presidential election, nearby Zapata County voted Republican for the first time in 100 years when the county picked Warren G Harding. McGurn suggested that these might be the harbinger of a Latino migration from the (Progressive-)Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

Then McGurn offered some statistics from a National Republican Senatorial Committee survey of Latino likely voters in battleground states. Even accounting for the obvious potential of bias in the survey, the numbers are suggestive.

Asked to choose between two possibilities—Some people say free-market capitalism is the best form of government because it gives people the freedom to work and achieve and Other people say that socialism is the best form of government because it is more fair and equitable to working class people, 63% of respondents opted for the former, and only 17% went for the latter.

Other outcomes of the survey:

• 67% are “very concerned” their kids “won’t have the same opportunities me and my family came here to find”
• 58% said too many people in America are happy not to work and “just live off government assistance”
• 80% percent agree that “public schools are failing”
• 67% agree that too many Americans “are losing our traditional values centered on faith, family and freedom”
• 57% “oppose Democrat efforts to pack the Supreme Court with liberal judges”
• 72% agree “we should do what is necessary to control our southern border”
• 65% oppose the Democrats’ “bill that would make voter ID illegal”
• 50% agree that “many of the policies that Democrats say help all minorities actually end up hurting Hispanic families”

Even given the strong potential for bias in the survey, one aspect of its importance, McGurn noted, is that it was conducted during campaign season when then-candidate Biden was overtly pretending to be politically moderate.