ABSTRACT
This chapter describes three aspects of political values among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Anglos: feelings about the US government; political tolerance; and ideology and perception of the government’s role in solving public policy problems. The great majority of respondents, regardless of national origin, expressed “very” or “extremely” strong love for and levels of pride in the United States. Cubans and Anglos expressed the strongest attachments. Among Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Anglo respondents, the most-disliked group in society was the Ku Klux Klan. Cuban respondents most disliked Communists, the second-most-disliked group for Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. Respondents expressed little tolerance for members of the disliked group holding public office, teaching in schools, or holding rallies. The self-professed ideology of the majority of respondents, regardless of national origin, was moderate to conservative. Just 29 percent of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans, 26 percent of Anglos, and 23 percent of Cubans rated themselves as slightly liberal, liberal, or very liberal.
