UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, and Mi Familia Vota, a national civic engagement organization, today released the results of a major national poll of Hispanic voters. 

The poll was released as part of a multi-state, multi-year partnership between UnidosUS and Mi Familia Vota. In 2022, UnidosUS and Mi Familia Vota will execute an extensive, $15 million civic engagement effort working with Hispanic voters in eight states: Arizona, California, Georgia, Florida, Nevada, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

According to UnidosUs, the survey results released on August 10, show a significant shift in some of the top issues among Latino voters: 

• Inflation and jobs are the #1 and #3 priorities, since they are long-standing Latino concerns about the economy. Health care is the fourth priority. 

• Notably, crime/gun violence rose to #2, driven by concerns about easy access to guns and school shootings.  

• For the first time, abortion is among the top five issues, and more than 70% of Latino voters believe it should remain legal, no matter their own personal beliefs on the issue. 

• While immigration is not among the top five issues, Latino voters believe strongly that leaders in Washington should provide a path to citizenship, or in the lack of Congressional action, the president should take executive action.  

• A majority of Latino voters (60%) believe the country is on the wrong track. At the moment, 59% of Hispanic voters nationally say they are 100% certain they will vote in November.

• Overall, 88% of California Latino voters say it is personally important to them (58% very important) for elected officials and other leaders to speak out against white nationalism and white supremacy.

UnidosUs has made a chart with data on Latino voters in competitive districts and a more in depth deck outlining topline results.

Clarissa Martínez De Castro, Vice President, UnidosUS Latino Vote Initiative commented on the survey:

“Latino voters are not apathetic, they are unconvinced. They are sending a wake-up call to both parties, which remain underwater compared to previous peaks in Hispanic support and persist in their chronic under-engagement and under-investment in these voters. As the second largest group of voting-age Americans, with many not yet solidly aligned with either party, Hispanic voters can be a stabilizing force in American politics. They reject extremes, oppose taking away rights—as illustrated by their views on abortion—and want to see progress on challenges facing our country and elected officials willing to work together to get things done […]”.

Héctor Sánchez Barba, Executive Director and CEO of Mi Familia Vota said:  

“Mi Familia Vota is committed to building Latino political power. This poll shows that our diverse community aligns on priority issues, and wants Congress to produce solutions. A majority of Latinos we polled across the country are planning to vote in the 2022 election, with over 60% of Latinos in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania saying they are 100% certain to vote. Latino voters’ interest in participating in the 2022 midterms is an opportunity, not a guarantee of voter turnout. To turn out Latino voters, both parties must invest in reaching our community like they would any other valued constituency. Sadly of those polled, only 29% and 19%, respectively, say Democrats or Republicans have contacted them. We know that when we do our work in the community, educating and working to empower voters, we turn out in record numbers. That is why Mi Familia Vota is working with UnidosUS to fight to ensure our voices are heard in this critically important election cycle.”

The Unidos website provides the survey data:

Total N=2,750 Latino eligible voters 

N=2,540 registered voters 

N=210 eligible, but not registered voters 

Margin of error +/- 1.9% 

Field dates: July 20 – August 1, 2022 

English or Spanish, according to preference 

Mixed mode: 75% online, 25% live telephone interviews.