Poll: Young Hispanics Favor Conservative Economic Strategies

The Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog cites an interesting survey, by Kellyanne Conway's thepollingcompany/WomanTrends, of 18- to 29-year-old Hispanics indicating nearly 7 in 10 prefer conservative strategies to fix America's fiscal problems.

Among the results were these:

• By nearly a 3:1 ratio, Hispanic young adults prefer “reducing federal spending” (69%) to “raising taxes on individuals” (27%) in order to balance the federal budget.

• 70% of Hispanic young adults would decrease federal spending if given the chance to set America’s fiscal priorities.

• A 57%-majority of Hispanics agree that “if taxes on business profits were reduced, companies would be more likely to hire."

• In a separate question, a 56%-majority concurred “the economy grows best when individuals are allowed to create businesses without government interference.”

The survey results encourage the conclusion that the young cohort in the country's Hispanic population is much more amenable to appeals based on limited government, individual rights and free markets than the conventional wisdom suggests.

The survey was conducted for Generation Opportunity, "a recently launched conservative activist group that aims to educate and mobilize young Americans about the economic challenges facing their generation."