A lot of migrants lean right-wing because
a) their last country had a despotic leftist,
b) they want to pass as just as 'Murican as their right-wing neighbours,
c) they buy into the myth that politicians are only going after "lazy" migrants, &
d) many are in church communities that advocate for right-wing leaders.
US friends, don't assume migrants in your life know they're in danger under T. Everyone thinks they have plot armour in their own life.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/18/election-trump-michigan-latino-voters
@MLClark Exactly! I could never understand how Cubans voted for Bush (43) when the fled a dictator! The same with Russians voting for American wannabe dictators. Make it make sense!
It helps to remember that the political conversation is different in every country.
For countries with leftist despots, many folks don't expect that there isn't going to be a despot - they just want to make sure that the next is a strongman from the *other* side of the ideological spectrum.
It's a little like when people leave a toxic religious household and still lean into toxic behaviours - but think they're in the clear because at least they're *secular* toxic behaviours!
Or, for that matter, when secular people become religious and think that by that fact itself everything they do is now pure and holy and disinterested, but in fact all they've done is freshly baptized their previous bad behaviors, which continue as before but with new justifications.
Preach it, David! 💯