Washington D.C., Oct 17, 2010 / 16:55 pm
A new survey finds that Catholic Hispanics strongly support Democrats for Congress in the November election, while Protestant Hispanics are closely divided.
The Pew Hispanic Center reports that 65 percent of Latino registered voters said they will support the Democratic congressional candidate, compared to 47 percent of registered voters overall. Twenty-two percent expressed support for the Republican candidate, compared to 44 percent of overall voters.
By a margin of 69 to 19 percent, Hispanic Catholics said they support Democrats over Republicans. However, 45 percent of Hispanic Protestants said they will support Democrats and 41 percent say Republicans.
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, about 64 percent of Hispanic registered voters are Catholic, while 22 percent are Protestant.