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BOSTON — As I mentioned at the end of yesterday’s birthday edition, UnidosUS dropped a major new bipartisan poll just as I was about to click publish, and I told you I would share more takeaways today.
So here we go.
The UnidosUS Bipartisan Poll of Hispanic Voters: The Road to the 2026 Midterms is believed to be the largest of its kind. According to BSP Research and Shaw & Co. Research, the poll included responses from 3,000 registered Latino voters across 32 competitive congressional districts between April 27 and May 14. That means the margin of error is only +/- 1.8.
The biggest takeaway is that 67% of Latino voters disapprove of President Trump’s job performance, and among those who voted for him in 2024, one in four say they would not do so today — a figure that has grown steadily from 9% in April 2025 to 13% in November 2025 to 25% now, with the top drivers being the cost of living and inflation, immigration enforcement in American cities, and job and wage stagnation.
Only 15% of respondents say they live comfortably, while the other 83% describe a continuous daily struggle to stay financially afloat, squeezed by the cost of food, gas, housing, and healthcare, while wages remain flat. The top priority for Latino voters is clear: 60% cite the cost of living, 40% want action on wages and job creation, 37% point to soaring healthcare costs, and 76% say they plan to show up to the polls in November in numbers similar to the record-setting 2018 midterms.
“These concerns are kitchen table breaking points, and the reason two-thirds of Latino voters say that national leaders are not focusing enough on improving the economy for people like them,” Eric Rodriguez, UnidosUS Senior Vice President for Policy and Advocacy, said in a press release about the poll.
Forty-four percent say they or people in their communities fear that ICE will harass or arrest them even if they are U.S. citizens or legal residents, nearly 29% say children are missing school because parents are afraid to be seen during drop-off and pickup, and more than 30% report that employers have lost workers, while another 30% say enforcement is already hurting the local economy. UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía said Latino families are living through the consequences of a failing economy and that the poll offers the clearest picture yet of what Latino voters want heading into the midterms.
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