And 98% of mainstream media and press...
Furthermore, almost half of them find the term 'Latinx' offensive to some degree.
It's also not a "generational" thing either.
It goes from 2% overall to 4% among those Latines under thirty. Over two thirds consider themselves 'Hispanic' in the aforementioned age group which ironically is higher then that of many older generations of Latinos.
Politico said:As Democrats seek to reach out to Latino voters in a more gender-neutral way, they’ve increasingly begun using the word Latinx, a term that first began to get traction among academics and activists on the left.
But that very effort could be counterproductive in courting those of Latin American descent, according to a new nationwide poll of Hispanic voters.
Only 2 percent of those polled refer to themselves as Latinx, while 68 percent call themselves “Hispanic” and 21 percent favored “Latino” or “Latina” to describe their ethnic background, according to the survey from Bendixen & Amandi International, a top Democratic firm specializing in Latino outreach.
More problematic for Democrats: 40 percent said Latinx bothers or offends them to some degree and 30 percent said they would be less likely to support a politician or organization that uses the term.
Furthermore, almost half of them find the term 'Latinx' offensive to some degree.
Democrats fall flat with ‘Latinx’ language
“Why are we using a word that is preferred by only 2 percent, but offends as many as 40 percent of those voters we want to win?” said one pollster.
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It's also not a "generational" thing either.
It goes from 2% overall to 4% among those Latines under thirty. Over two thirds consider themselves 'Hispanic' in the aforementioned age group which ironically is higher then that of many older generations of Latinos.