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A poll released Thursday by Pew Research found that 77% of registered Latino voters are dissatisfied with the state of the country and 54% disapprove of the way Biden is doing his job as president.
However, a majority of Latino registered voters feel that the Democratic Party cares more about them than the Republican Party.
The research center recalls that two years ago in the 2020 presidential election, where Donald Trump was defeated by Democrat Biden, Hispanics favored the then-Republican president more than in the 2016 election.
However, a few weeks before the midterm elections, in which one-third of the Senate and the total number of members of the House of Representatives will be renewed, the Pew poll leaves the Democratic Party better off.
63% of Latino adults surveyed believe that party “really cares about Latinos,” while 34% feel the same way about Republicans.
In addition, 60% believe that the Democratic Party represents the interests of Hispanics, a figure that also drops to 34% for Republicans.
But while most Latinos have positive views of the Democratic Party, one-third of them do not fully believe it cares about them or represents their interests.
Regarding Republicans, 45% of Hispanics believe that this party “works hard to win Latino votes,” compared to 71% who feel the same way about Democrats.
At the same time, less than half of Hispanics see a big difference between the parties, despite living in a deeply polarized era amid growing partisan hostility.
Latinos are the second-largest group of eligible voters in the country and are the fastest-growing, Pew recalled.
In 2022, nearly 35 million Latinos will be allowed to vote, representing 14% of the nation’s registered voters.
In addition, the poll found that for 80% of those surveyed the top issue is the economy, followed by violent crime (71%), education (70%) and gun policy (66%).
Pew highlights that abortion has gained attention among the community after the Supreme Court’s decision to end the federal guarantee of the right to legal abortion.
A majority of Hispanics (57%) believe abortion should be legal in at least some cases, including 69% of Democrats.
In contrast, 39% of Hispanic Republicans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
In late June, the conservative-majority Supreme Court ended a half-century federal protection of abortion rights, leaving it up to each state to limit or ban abortion.
On the other hand, the Pew survey maintained nearly equal proportions of registered Latino Democrats and Republicans (64%-33%).
The survey was conducted August 1-14 among 3,029 Latino voters.
