There are many other examples of Hispanics’ patriotic proclivities. By well over 3:1 in the post-election wave of the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group panel survey, Hispanics said they would rather be a citizen of the United States than any other country in the world and by 35 points said they were proud of the way American democracy works. In 2018 data collected by the More in Common group, Hispanics overwhelmingly (76 percent) said they were “proud to be American”. In contrast, a group the study labelled “progressive activists” (analogous in size and outlook to Echelon’s strong progressives) were loath to express these sentiments: just 34 percent of this group said they were proud to be American.

The typical Hispanic voter would stand instead with President Bill Clinton when he said: “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America”. And with Barack Obama who said when he won the Presidency in 2008:

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

Then there is the commitment to, and belief in, upward mobility. The Echelon survey posed this choice: Hard work and determination are no guarantee of success for most people vs. Most people who want to get ahead can make it if they’re willing to work hard. Strong progressives don’t evidence much faith in upper mobility, endorsing the first statement on the questionable efficacy of hard work by 88-12. Hispanic voters, on the other hand, embrace the view that hard-working people are likely to get ahead by 55-39.