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Early voting turnout in Virginia is jaw dropping stuff among Latino voters. Across all other demographics, numbers are well ahead of 2022 at the same point but Hispanic/Latino turnout is 50% higher than it was in 2024-- a presidential election year!

Why weren't they voting like this in 2024?

My 2 cents: Like everyone else, inflation and post-Covid negativism, plus many identify with GOP businessman tropes and they thought Trump would only deport drug dealers/criminals

Yes, they did, and they know better now and that’s why their voting patterns are changing. Hispanics are actually quite a diverse group; many are culturally very conservative (especially men), and Karl Rove was absolutely right to court them. Many were potentially gettable for the GOP.

Why didn't they know better then? What's different now? Why are they unhappy with their choice?

Like I said, many Hispanic men in particular really identify with the GOP. They’re culturally conservative, think of themselves as businessmen, and Cubans and Venezuelans in particular immigrated to get away from leftist governments, so tend to be RW.