Midterm elections are right around the corner; reporters all across the country are speaking to the impact Latino voters are having at the polls.
On local KQED radio in California, reporters say Latino voters are deciding a senate seat, a Bloomberg opinion piece says Latino voters are moving away from political parties and NBC News on social media says Latino voters are frustrated with President Trump. This is just some of the reporting speaking to the impact Latinos are having at the polls.
Data proves the reporting
Recent polls prove the reporting from across the country. The data shows this demographic moving more to the left this November. A recent New York Times / Siena poll shows Latino voters favoring Democrats over Republicans by 30 percentage points.
Two years ago, the Republican party won Latino support with President Trump’s return to the White House. But in the past two years the Democratic party has made gains with Latinos, per The New York Times.
Concerns around high prices and President Trump’s approach to immigration have been key issues for Latino voters, as well as many Americans, according to NBC News.
Two-thirds of Latino voters say Trump’s immigration enforcement has gone too far, as seen in the NBC / Telemundo poll.
Not all Latinos are aligning to a party
Despite the change in voting and political support, Latino voters in much of the reporting argue that their vote doesn’t mean party alignment.
A 19 year-old student in Florida in a New York Times article, believes neither party has the best interest of people in mind. He expanded saying he doesn’t believe either party is trying to improve conditions across the country.
Another Latino voter in a Washington Post article said he went right for a while, but is now back to the middle. He’s also not sure if he’s going to vote in the midterms.
Voting this November is personal
A little over one-quarter of Latino voters in an NBC / Telemundo survey said they knew someone who was deported or detained by ICE, making them weary of voting in the midterms because of ICE activity.
Despite this, reporting and polling shows Latinos continuing to have an impact at the polls, which could be seen on Tuesday evening.
