- Latino voters supporting Democratic U.S. House hopefuls are more engaged this election cycle than those backing Republicans, according to a Pew survey.
- At the same time, support among Latino voters for President Donald Trump, a Republican, has fallen since 2024.
- As for issues, 86% of Latino voters say the economy is a very important factor in voting this cycle.
SALT LAKE CITY — Latinos aligned with Democratic candidates are more engaged this election cycle than those backing Republicans, results of a new survey show.
More than three-quarters of registered Latino voters who back a Democratic hopeful in their local U.S. House race, 77% of them, “say it really matters who wins control of Congress, up from 58% in 2022,” the Pew Research Center said in a new report on Latino attitudes ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The figure for Latinos backing Republican congressional candidates is 68%, down from 69% four years ago.
At the same time, support among Latino voters for President Donald Trump, a Republican, has fallen since 2024…