Poll: Abortion enters top 5 Latino issues, majority of respondents say it should be legal

[Demovictory9]

For the first time, abortion has entered the top-five issues concerning Latino voters, according to a new poll from two Latino civil rights organizations which showed Democrats with a 2-to-1 edge in the chase for Latinos’ midterm votes.

More than 70 percent of respondents said the procedure should be legal regardless of their personal beliefs, according to the survey from Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group UnidosUS and civic engagement organization Mi Familia Vota.

A majority of respondents (77 percent) said they would probably vote or certainly vote in the upcoming November elections, and a little over half said they planned to vote for a Democratic House candidate in the midterms, while 22 percent said they would vote for a Republican and 21 percent said they were undecided.


The survey comprised 2,750 eligible voters in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania, with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points. The poll includes registered and unregistered eligible voters and was conducted at the end of July.

Respondents’ top-ranked issues for elected officials to address were inflation, crime and gun violence, and jobs. More specifically, cost of living, gas prices and low pay were the most concerning to voters.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/16/abortion-latino-issues-voters-midterms-00052119

“Abortion has become far more salient, and I would say that’s just one of the more stunning findings of the poll,” Segura said. “I go back in my polling and I find abortion hovering around the 2 to 3 percent range in terms of importance to the Latino voters. Here, we have 19 percent of our voters who chose it as the first, second or third priority.”

[Heather MC]

1. Don't republicans typically get 30% of the Hispanic vote?

If this poll is accurate and 70% are for legal abortion that sounds like the typical amount of hispanics that support democrats anyway

I mean it's good news it's a majority, it's just it's the same majority it's always been. But who knows this could be a great sign for November

[msfiddlestix]

2. this is surprising news.

I'm skiptical.. But I'm open to the possibility, thinking maybe it's the younger generation weighing in on this poll.

maybe.

[hay rick]

3. Younger people likely.

I have to think that many understand their vulnerability as working people and that's more important to them than out of touch nonsense coming from the Catholic Church. Especially if they are raised in this country.

[msfiddlestix]

5. ✔️ .. i agree.. n/t

[EnergizedLib]

4. It's almost as if

People want Roe restored and don’t like like forced birth.

[Sky Jewels]

6. Yabbut nobody really cares about it and it won't be an issue in November.

Those silly wimminfolks will have forgotten all about it by then.

[AlexSFCA]

7. mixing responses from California and Georgia to derive a number? seems useless to me

[SlimJimmy]

8. Using registered and unregistered voters

Makes the poll almost worthless. Until they poll likely voters, it means nothing.