If Republicans lure even more Latino voters than they did in 2020, they may have a very good midterm. Almost as many voters prefer the Republican Party on economic issues as they do the Democratic Party. There's an over-representation of Latinos who trust Republicans on the economy relative to the number of Latino voters who just favor Republicans in general.
Latino voters have never seemed more electorally important than in the coming midterm elections: the first real referendum on the Biden era of government.
Latinos make up 20 percent of registered voters in two crucial Senate races — Arizona and Nevada — and as much or more in over a dozen competitive House races.
In the past 10 years, the conventional wisdom about Latino voters has been uprooted. We explore a poll, conducted by The Times, to better understand how they view the parties vying for their vote.
Guest: Jennifer Medina, a national politics reporter for The New York Times.
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