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two major things to keep in mind
a) majority of hispanics in the US have been there multiple generations. while they may hold some varying level of ties to their family's home country, they've more or less been mostly americanized and are effectively just a different flavor of "american"
add in the fact that these are a more socially conservative people who more likely to be religious and it makes sense why they have been moving to the right. GOP could have taken advantage of this a long time ago. I think it's strange that Trump is the one to finally harness this group of people, but I guess reality is stranger than fiction
b) the US isn't stupid and it imports right-wing anti-left people. For example from Cuba or Venezuela. Miami has a massive Cuban population and they're all descendants from people fleeing the communist Castro regime. The Cubans are bred from birth to believe the Castro regime was evil and they're told all about the horrors (conveniently nobody remembers the just as brutal Batista regime, coincidentally supported by the US).
So all it takes is for there to be a connection between "democrats -> left wing -> communist" and all the Cubans turn against the DNC.
what I find fascinating is that you talk to a young Cuban who is one or two generations separated from Cuba, they have all sorts of horror stories and hatred for the Castro regime.
But you talk to an old-timer, someone in their 60s or 70s and they have nostalgia and nuanced views. Sort of like how people view the Soviet Union.
If we're gonna summarize all of this I'd just say this- assimilation. We're watching the process of how Irish went from "ethnic minority" to "white" and hispanics are going through a similar process
I've never met anyone personally who speaks fondly of their time in the USSR. Tankies online who are too young to have lived through it are the only ones.
There's that infamous quote from Putin- "Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain"
People who actually grew up during the Soviet Union and went through the process of collapse and liberalization as an adult experienced quite a chaotic period of time. Your way of life was violently changed, the ideology you were taught disposed of, and you went through economic troubles. It's no wonder some look back fondly
I've seen similar statements from both Cubans and ex-Soviets. One of the main themes is how under liberal societies you are "addicted to money", so to speak. For example in Cuba, you could not get what you wanted. For example you go to the store one day, there's no shoes. Tomorrow, there's no batteries. You could not eat beef, you could not just leave. There were many restrictions.
But you were sort of guaranteed a certain minimum quality of life. You would have a place to live, you would have food. You would have a steady job without worrying about losing it.
Whereas in the US, you have an exponentially higher purchasing power- even the lowest segments of the population. But there's a catch. You have to be working all week to sustain that lifestyle. And the employer can more easily fire you- it's not as stable.
So they look back with nostalgia at what to them seems likes simpler and calmer times. Less stressful
anyhow, to back up my anecdotal experience with data: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/06/29/in-russia-nostalgia-for-soviet-union-and-positive-feelings-about-stalin/
78% of older Russians think collapse of Soviet Union was a bad thing. Majority of Russians view Stalin favorably.
It depends on the country you're from, but it's safe to say many older people have nostalgia and look back at the Soviet Union fondly. I've seen the same thing with Cubans
here's a thread on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/esy6i5/russians_of_reddit_what_is_the_older_generations/
where people share their experiences. Few of the top comments basically mirror what I referenced above