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Latinos, the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the United States, are becoming a key swing vote demographic – and recent data from Pew Research Center shows that some of the sharpest differences in candidate choice among Latino voters are by religion.
With the midterms just a week away, Republicans, conservative pastors and other right-wing organizations are escalating their outreach – and placing faith front and center – as they work to sway Latino voters in battleground states like Texas, Arizona and Florida.
This includes high profile leaders such as Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, the leader of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, as well as organizations like Bienvenido U.S., the Faith and Freedom Coalition and pastors like Luis Cabrera, who has acted as a spiritual guide to a group of Latina Republicans seeking to flip congressional seats in Texas.
National correspondent Alejandra Molina spoke with Cabrera and other Latino leaders in her RNS report on the central role faith is playing in Republican efforts to win Latino votes.
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