republican there. and ali vitali is with us now. and carlos and simone still here with us. and so ali, what are we seeing unfolding that is, well, it seems as though there is no appear of latino votes. reporter: and that has always been true. we talk about this a lot. certainly it shouldn t be surprising. but florida is giving us yet another reminder of why it is important to dig even deeper into the data. and when you look at this state, it is more solidly red than it has ever been in the past. certainly everyone on the set with you can speak to the reason why it is a lack of democratic investment, an trophy of the state party. but especially in places like miami-dade county, doing a better job of speaking to hispanic voters. now, if you look at the breakdown for someone like
and meanwhile you were talking about florida, desantis shattered all expectations in many things. he got nearly 70 respect about of the cuban-american vote, 5% of the puerto rican vote, 50% plus of all the other latinos living and voting in the state of florida. is florida a now all red state or is it a desantis state? well, i think you see the trend in florida. of course the perennial purple state. i think those days are over. florida is moving clearly into the republican column because of the work of ron desantis. not just in terms of governing, but the on-the-ground work. they have more registered republicans than democrats for the first time in a long time, maybe ever. and i think the other big explanation is the hispanic population. puerto ricans, central
advance their aspirations. and certainly hispanic voters in this country, many who have come here from desperate places around the world and in our own hemisphere have a greater appreciation for america s ability to help their families grow and be better than they are. so politicians who don t speak to that, who speak to the very worst and speak to the worst instincts, eventually that catches up with you, be it black voters, white voters, hispanic voters, i think will always talk about big blocs of voters in pennsylvania and michigan who happen to be a white suburban women. but without a question, i think without doubt, as you look at the swing voters for the parties in the key states , where there s growth bills. right. hispanic voters are a critical part of that matrix, nevada, etc. and if they win, there and obviously florida and as you look at the growing hispanic population, throughout the south, colorado, including colorado, mountain west. if you look look at that southeast area,
to their children, not black children, hispanic children, white children. i promise you, no one wants to pay more for gas. everyone wants a good education for their kids. and every once everyone wants to be able to afford health care, regardless of what your race might be , janine, the interesting thing about latinos is that they are traditional. they are traditional in terms of religion. and family and the work ethic. and there s a couple of other things going on . if you recall, we ve had this well, obviously, we all know there s this open border and they ve been spilling over a two million, three million, whatever it s been since joe biden came in. but when they started coming in from cuba, i remember america saying, go back, go back. there was no entry for the cubans and the the latinos and the cubans in florida heard that loud and clear. and it was obvious to them that the cubans weren t being welcomed into this country while nicaragua and the other countries, el salvador
as the breakfast tacos here in san antonio. know you can call them tacos and this is what you get . democrats, latinos are abandoning the democratic party in droves. the latest sign of trouble, the number of registered republicans voting early in super blue miami-dade county, florida, has just surpassed democrats. just one day after biden was there, the county s nearly 72% hispanic. hillary won it by almost thirty points and biden by seven. even obama s former top aide, david axelrod, has to admit his party s taken latinos for granted. i think arrogance. i think the word assumption is the right the right word. i mean, i don t think laura said, you know, talked about ignoring. i don t think you should ignore parts of the country where you think people are not going to support you or ignore constituency because you take them for granted. bill hemmer, that miami-dade county. that s a cuban. mm-hmm.