{"id":254,"date":"2008-09-08T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/another-reason-democrats-must.html"},"modified":"2008-09-08T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T14:21:14","slug":"another-reason-democrats-must","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/another-reason-democrats-must.html","title":{"rendered":"Another Reason Democrats Must Care About Abortion Reduction: The Latino Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little known fact: most of the impressive gains that George W. Bush made among Hispanics in 2004 were actually among Latino evangelicals.  In other words, it was his appeal to evangelicals that did it as much as his appeal to Hispanics.  They liked his conservative positions on abortion and gay marriage, and his evangelical faith.<br \/>\nBut because the Republicans are now increasingly viewed as anti-immigrant, Democrats have a shot this year.  According to Newsweek, these voters are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/157562\">taking a look at the Democrats broader social justice agenda but also still care about abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little known fact: most of the impressive gains that George W. Bush made among Hispanics in 2004 were actually among Latino evangelicals. In other words, it was his appeal to evangelicals that did it as much as his appeal to Hispanics. 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