page_title: Factions in the Democratic Party (United States)
section_title: Hispanic Americans
hierarchical_section_title: Factions in the Democratic Party (United States) / Voter base / Hispanic Americans
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez
context_page_description: The Democratic Party of the United States is composed of various factions, with significant overlap and enough agreement between them to coexist in one party.
context_section_description: The Hispanic-American population, particularly the large Mexican-American population in the Southwest and the large Puerto Rican, Dominican, and South American populations in the Northeast, have been strongholds for the Democratic Party. Hispanic Democrats commonly favor liberal views on immigration. In the 1996 presidential election, Democratic president Bill Clinton received 72% of the Hispanic vote.
  After a period of incremental gains under George W. Bush, the Republican Party's support among Hispanics seriously eroded after a heated and acrimonious debate within the party during the 109th Congress over immigration reform. Nationwide protests helped galvanize Hispanic political participation, and in the 2006 elections, Democrats increased their share of the Hispanic vote to 69%. This trend continued in 2008, as Barack Obama carried the Latino vote with 67%. Obama expanded his share of the Latino vote to 71% in the 2012 presidential election.
caption: Chair of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez
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