Fe y Politicas

Latino Evangelical Vote Choice in the 2020 Presidential Election

Bibliographic Data

ID3598532
AuthorsJarred R Cuellar (0009-0000-0354-6306, California State Polytechnic University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume16
Issue6
Pages708
Publication date2025-05-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel16060708
OpenAlexW4410951821
LanguageEN
References cited68

This paper investigates the growing political alignment of Latino Evangelicals with the Republican Party, particularly their support for Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Historically, Latino political behavior has been studied with an assumption of religious homogeneity, largely focusing on the Catholic majority. However, the rise of the Latino Evangelical population has coincided with increasing Latino support for the GOP. Former President Obama attributed this shift in support to the growing Evangelical demographic. Building on Chaturvedi's (2014) work, which found that Evangelical Latinos' conservative views on issues like same-sex marriage vary by age, this study tests Obama's assertion using data from the 2020 USC Dornsife Presidential Poll. Logistic regressions show that older Latino Evangelicals were significantly more likely to support Trump, driven by their desire to elect officials who align with their Evangelical policy preferences. The findings explain that the political behavior of older Latino Evangelicals is more strongly related to religious values compared to their younger counterparts. These results highlight the importance of considering religious diversity within Latino politics, pointing to religious identity as a key factor in shaping Latino political behavior and emphasizing the need for further exploration of religious variation in Latino voting patterns

Political science · Politics · Presidential election · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Religion and Society Interactions

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