A survey by “Voto Latino”, a national advocacy group focused on mobilizing Latino youth, published in Wednesday (22), shows that Latino voters in battleground states (with no clear partisan preference and which are decisive in elections) strongly support measures aimed at reforming the gun law and access to abortion, while the Supreme Court issued rulings loosening gun restrictions and overturning the landmark abortion case known as “Roe v. Wade”.

Respondents to the online poll are Latino voters registered in the states of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas. The survey was conducted by San Francisco-based company Change Research in early June and “showed 86% of respondents thought mass shootings in the U.S. are either a crisis or major issue. The voters surveyed overwhelmingly backed a number of gun reform measures, including 82% who strongly supported requiring background checks on all gun purchases”, according to NBC News.

On another controversial topic, the Supreme Court on Friday overturned the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade, giving states the authority to limit or prohibit the procedure. The decision was brought forward after a draft opinion was leaked in May. Thirteen more conservative states already have laws in place to ban abortion within 30 days, while others are poised to move forward with anti-abortion legislation. The push for gun legislation was prompted by a series of mass shootings, including the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, when 19 students and two teachers were dead.

According to Voto Latino, the two issues could be key in how the country's second-largest electoral bloc, Latinos, will vote in the next elections in November.

The poll found that 68% of Latinos believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, with just 10% saying they think abortion should be banned. They also responded (65%) that they would support a law to protect national access to abortion.

Regarding the legislation on guns, most respondents expressed approval for raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21 years. Nearly 80% said they believe common-sense gun laws can be passed, keeping the Second Amendment intact for responsible gun owners. Meanwhile, 82% said they favored background checks on all gun purchases, while 9% said they supported the measure somewhat, including 80% percent of Republicans. At least 78% said they also support red flag laws, which are laws that allow gun control in the possession of a suspected individual.

Enhanced background checks and incentives for states to adopt “red flag” laws are among the restricted set of provisions in the bipartisan federal gun bill moving through the Senate, according to NBC.

“In a news release, Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino and an MSNBC political commentator, said she believes it’s ‘time to put to rest the myth that Latinos oppose abortion access’. She also called concerns about gun violence among Latino voters ‘visceral’. ‘At a time when mass shootings and attacks on abortion access are front and center in our national politics, Latino voters are looking for candidates who support common sense gun policy as well as reproductive rights’. […] In battleground states, Latino voters stand squarely behind Democratic policies on these flashpoint issues”.

The survey included more than 1,000 respondents and a margin of error of 3.1%.