ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on Mexican and Cuban non-US citizen respondents to Latino National Political Survey. It examines the demographic characteristics of the Latino immigrants and then presents a picture of key political values and attitudes. The chapter explores: social and demographic characteristics; citizenship and attachment to the United States; psychological orientations and cultural attachment; linguistic and media use patterns. It also focuses on attachment, ideology, and governmental role; attitude toward public policy issues; problem solving; ethnic mutual support; ethnic knowledge; and ethnic bonds among Latinos. The most-often dted reason given by Cubans for migrating to the United States was fleeing political problems. Among Mexicans, the most-cited reason was economics. Approximately 61 percent of Cubans and 57 percent of Mexicans who were not US citizens relied exclusively on Spanish-language media for news. The majority of Cubans and Mexicans trusted the government most or all of the time. Just 8 percent of Mexicans and 4 percent of Cubans never trusted the government.
