NATIONAL SURVEY OF LATINO VOTERS - August 10, 2022
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NATIONAL SURVEY OF LATINO VOTERS
August 10, 2022About the Survey
Total N=2,750 Latino eligible voters
N=2,540 registered
N=210 eligible, not registered
Margin of error +/- 1.9%
Oversamples
N=300 per: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas (+/- 5.7%)
N=400 Florida (+/- 4.9%)
Field Dates: July 20 - August 1, 2022
English or Spanish, according to preference
Mixed mode: 75% online, 25% live telephone interviews
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
2Key Findings
1. Inflation, crime and gun violence, and jobs and the economy are top priorities, and there is
strong support for policies to address them:
• Invest in working families including housing/rental assistance, health insurance assistance, and
investing in education to help students catch up after academic losses incurred during the pandemic.
• Universal background checks and mental health investments to curb crime and gun violence
2. Immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship continues to receive very strong
support, including executive action if Congress does not act.
3. Abortion has become more salient, and more than 70% of Latino voters believe it should
remain legal, no matter what their own personal beliefs on the issue.
4. The majority of Latino voters believe the country is on the wrong track (60%), and only 59%
say they are 100% certain they will vote in November.
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
3ISSUE PRIORITIES
What are the most important issues that elected officials should address?
(Rank up to three. Sorted highest to lowest)
Inflation/rising cost of living 46
Crime/gun violence 36
Jobs/economy 29
Health care 22
Abortion 19
Environment 18
Inflation, crime, and jobs
Affordable housing/high rent 18 consistently rank as top
Govt corruption priorities across states
16
and demographic groups.
Social security/Medicare 14
Education/school quality 13 Health care a bit lower
than usual, and abortion
Discrimination/racial justice 13 much higher on the list
than prior years.
Immigration reforms 13
Covid pandemic 11
Border security 9
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
5Which party would be best at addressing [issue respondent cited as top concern/priority]?
Democrats Republicans Both Neither Don’t know
Inflation/Cost of Living (19%) 25 37 17 14 7
Crime/Gun Violence (11%) 49 12 20 10 9
Jobs/Economy (10%) 29 33 19 11 8
Health care (8%) 55 14 15 11 5
Abortion (8%) 59 11 10 13 7
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
6What did you have in mind when you said inflation and the rising cost of living are
important issues elected officials should address? (all that apply)
Food and basic living
expenses have gone up a lot 85
Gas prices are too high 81
Medication, doctor visits, and other
health related expenses have gone up 48
School supplies and clothes for
kids have gotten too expensive 32
Running my small business
has become too expensive 18
Something else 2
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
7What did you have in mind when you said crime and gun violence are important issues
elected officials should address? (all that apply)
Guns are too easy to access 72
Elected officials need to find a way to
put an end to school shootings 60
We need community safety and
mental health programs 55
Domestic violence is not taken
seriously by law enforcement 39
Crime has gone up in my
neighborhood or community 37
Something else 3
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
8What did you have in mind when you said jobs and the economy are important issues
elected officials should address? (all that apply)
Job does not pay enough and/or have
to take second job to make ends meet 64
Worried about layoffs or getting hours cut 36
Have to pick up extra shifts/hours because
there are not enough workers/people 29
Have to work with hostile customers
or feel threatened in workplace 18
Something else 15
Job does not allow work from home 14
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
9What did you have in mind when you said health care is an important issue elected
officials should address? (all that apply)
High health care costs, like monthly
premiums, co-pays and deductibles 67
Prescription medication costs 48
Quality of health care, providers, or facilities 49
Insurance plans and rules change too often 36
Discrimination or racism in health care 26
Something else 8
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
10What did you have in mind when you said abortion is an important issue elected
officials should address? (all that apply)
Banning abortion puts women’s lives at risk 69
Worried that elected officials will pass laws
restricting women’s reproductive rights, such as 58
making birth control illegal
Worried that my state will ban abortion 43
Abortion should be illegal in all states 16
Want elected officials in my state to implement
and enforce a ban on abortion 11
Something else 3
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
11VALUES AND IDENTITY
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (% agree reported)
Strongly agree Somewhat agree
Government should make sure that Total Agree
68 22
everyone can afford health care. 91
Government has an important role to play in making Total Agree
55 32
sure that there is equal access to opportunity. 86
Latinos/Hispanics would get further in the United States if Total Agree
47 30
they did not face barriers like discrimination and racism. 78
It is a big problem if some people are extremely Total Agree
47 28
wealthy and others are extremely poor. 75
If racial and ethnic minorities don’t do well in life, Total Agree
19 24
they have no one to blame but themselves. 43
Religious leaders should tell their members Total Agree
10 13
which candidates and policies to support. 22
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
13Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? No matter what my personal beliefs
about abortion are, I think it is wrong to make abortion illegal and take that choice away from
everyone else. (% agree reported)
Strongly agree Somewhat agree
US 59 18 Total Agree 76
Catholic: 76% agree,
58% strongly. Arizona 65 15 Total Agree 80
Christian (not
California 61 17 Total Agree 78
Catholic): 68% agree,
50% strongly.
Colorado 52 23 Total Agree 74
Republican: 55%
agree, 33% strongly Florida 47 23 Total Agree 70
Men: 72% agree, 52%
strongly Georgia 60 14 Total Agree 74
Women: 85% agree, Nevada 60 20 Total Agree 81
65% strongly
Pennsylvania 58 15 Total Agree 73
Texas 56 18 Total Agree 75
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
14Generally speaking, do you think things in the United States are going in the right
direction, or off on the wrong track?
Going in the right direction Off on the wrong track
63 64 63
60 62 61
59
56 56
35
33
30 32 31
30 29 29
26
US AZ CA CO FL GA NV PA TX
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
15Do you consider yourself, or identify as: (all that apply, percent yes reported)
Hispanic 70
Latino/Latina 44
Middle class 27
Working class 26
White 21
Minority 18
A Person of Color 13
Brown 11
Latinx 11
Working poor/poor 10
Under-represented minority 8
Indian or Native American 4
Indigenous 3
Afro-Latino/a 3
Upper class 2
BIPOC 1
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
16POLICY VIEWS
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government created many different policies and
programs to address job and income losses. Which of the following types of assistance did
you or your family receive?
Received Didn't need or qualify Didn't know existed
Stimulus payments 77 20 2
IN TOTAL, 70%
received benefits. Food assistance (food banks, SNAP) 41 52 6
27% received only
Medicaid, CHIP, govt assisted health ins 35 57 7
one of these benefits.
43% received two or Unemployment benefits 32 60 6
more benefits.
Increased/expanded child tax credits 29 60 9
23% received three or
more benefits. Student loan deferral 23 65 10
30% did not receive Increased/extended tax credits
22 57 20
any of these benefits. for low-income workers (EITC)
Financial assistance for
19 60 20
private health insurance
Housing/rental assistance 15 70 14
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
18For each of the following temporary pandemic-related benefits and programs, please indicate
whether you support, or oppose, Congress making them permanent. (% support reported)
Strongly support Somewhat support
Medicaid, CHIP, or other government Total Support
57 28
assistance health insurance 85
Unemployment Benefits, food assistance from food Total Support
53 31
banks, schools, churches, SNAP, or food stamps 84
Financial assistance to pay for private or Total Support
47 33
marketplace health insurance 80
Total Support
Housing Rental Assistance 47 31
78
Increased and extended tax credits Total Support
40 32
for low-income workers (EITC) 72
Total Support
Increased and expanded Child Tax Credits (CTC) 37 33
70
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
19Which policies do you think would be the best solutions to make schools in your
community safer for students and teachers? (all that apply)
52 51
48
16
5
Gun reforms like Secure entry and Mental health programs Arming teachers in None of these/
universal background school ID checks and counseling grades K-12 Something else
checks
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
20Do you support or oppose the federal government taking action to address
the following? (% support reported)
Strongly support Somewhat support
Funding for catch-up programs for K-12 students, Total support
57 32
including tutoring, summer and after school programs 88
Expanding access, availability, and Total support
60 26
affordability of child-care and pre-K 86
Total support
Increasing college grants for low-income students 60 24
84
Total support
Canceling student debt 53 21
74
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
21Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? (percent agree reported)
President
President Biden shouldnot
Biden should notuse
usethethe situation
situation at the
at the southern Total
southern
border asborder as an
an excuse excuse
to do nothing to to
doprotect
nothing to protect
undocumented
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Agree
immigrants who
undocumented have lived and
immigrants whoworked in theand
have lived US for many
worked 74
50 24
years. Presidents are expected to deal with many issues at
in the US for manythe years.
samePresidents
time, includiare expected to
deal with many issues at the same time, including
immigration.
If Congress does
If Congress doesnot
notpass
passaa comprehensive
comprehensive immigration
Total
immigration
reform law, reform law,
the Biden the Biden Administration
Administration must
must use its executive
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Agree
use itsauthority to protect
executive undocumented
authority immigrants, like
to protect undocumented 48 23 71
Dreamers, farmworkers, and essential workers who have
immigrants, like Dreamers,
lived in Americafarmworkers, and essential
for a long time.
workers who have lived in America for a long time.
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
22Who, if anyone, do you think is most responsible for doing something about
climate change?
U.S. AZ CA CO FL GA NV PA TX
Industries/Corporations 34 37 33 35 32 36 36 32 36
The government 32 25 34 26 32 24 28 24 31
Individual people 20 24 20 22 23 22 22 26 18
Don’t know 8 8 7 8 7 13 10 10 8
None of these 7 6 6 8 7 5 5 9 7
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
23CANDIDATES, PARTIES, AND OUTREACH IN THE 2022 ELECTION
In making decisions about which candidates to support in an election, how
important is it to you that a candidate has the following traits or background?
Important Not Important
Willing to work with both parties, and
compromise to get things done
91 9
Experience working with different racial and ethnic groups 88 12
Government or elected office experience 82 18
Has business experience 80 20
Supported/endorsed by Latino community organizations 74 26
Supported/endorsed by Chamber of Commerce
and business community
68 32
Supported/endorsed by law enforcement/police department 66 34
Supported/endorsed by unions, or organized labor 65 35
Speaks Spanish 61 39
Is Latino/Hispanic 50 50
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
25When deciding who to vote for in an election, which of the following would be a "deal breaker" for you,
meaning you just could NOT support the candidate if you knew this fact about them. It would be a deal-
breaker for me, I could not support a candidate who:
Supported by hate groups and White supremacists/nationalists 55
Supports a complete ban on abortions, without exceptions 52
Participated in or supported January 6th riot at the US Capitol 46
Opposes immigration reform/path to legal status for
undocumented immigrants
45
Opposes raising minimum wage 44
Supports allowing elementary school teachers
to carry guns in classrooms
38
Overall, 84% say it is
Supports defunding police 33 personally important to
them (57% very
Supports legal abortion in any circumstance, with no restrictions 27 important) for elected
officials and other
Supports laws to take away guns from anyone that a federal court leaders to speak out
decides is dangerous
25
against White
nationalism and White
Supports raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy 20
supremacy.
None of these 14
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
26Generally speaking, which party do you believe shares your values, or is closer to your
personal beliefs/values when it comes to your views on:
Democrats Republicans Both Neither Don’t know
Health care and health insurance 52 18 8 14 8
Equality and treating all people
48 19 10 15 7
with respect/dignity
Democracy 46 22 7 15 10
Protecting the right to vote
46 21 10 15 8
and our elections
Immigration 45 24 5 17 9
Public education 43 22 8 18 9
Small business /
41 25 7 16 11
entrepreneurship
The American Dream 41 21 9 20 9
Socialism 38 17 5 24 16
Capitalism 32 26 6 21 16
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
27How well do you think the following words describe the [Democratic/Republican]
Party? (percent describes well reported)
Democratic Party Republican Party
63 62
61 60 60
55
50
45
43
39 40 40 39
37
Fights hard for Too Extreme Turns Americans Ineffective Effective Reasonable Weak
their side/their against each
voters other
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
28Thinking about the election coming up in November of this year, which party do you
think would do a better job handling each of the following issues:
Democrats Republicans Both Neither
Access to quality child-care 49 19 17 15
College affordability 48 17 17 18
Mental health of
47 17 20 16
children and youth
Safety from gun violence
46 22 15 17
in schools/communities
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
29Do you approve or disapprove of the way President Joe Biden is handling his job as
President of the United States?
Approve Don't know Disapprove
US 52 6 42
Arizona 54 4 42
California 60 6 34
Colorado 52 8 39
Florida 48 5 48
Georgia 57 6 36
Nevada 57 7 36
Pennsylvania 58 8 35
Texas 51 5 44
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
30As you may know, there will be an election later this year for offices such as US
Congress, and many state and local offices. How likely are you to vote in the
November 2022 election?
100% certain will vote Probably will 50-50, it depends Probably will not 100% certain will not vote
US 59 18 14 6 3
Arizona 66 17 11 3 3
California 61 18 16 4 2
Colorado 61 21 12 4 2
Florida 67 17 12 2 2
Georgia 64 16 14 4 4
Nevada 56 21 14 6 4
Pennsylvania 61 16 13 4 6
Texas 55 19 15 9 3
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
31In the 2022 election for U.S. House of Representatives here in your district in [STATE]
do you plan to vote for the:
Democratic candidate Undecided Republican candidate
US 51 21 22
Arizona 53 22 19
California 59 22 14
Colorado 50 28 15
Florida 43 18 36
Georgia 51 24 19
Nevada 53 23 17
Pennsylvania 54 21 20
Texas 54 19 22
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
32In the past 12 months have you been contacted—by phone, ads in your mail, text,
email, or in-person-- by any of the following people or organizations encouraging
you to vote, or register to vote? (all that apply)
U.S. AZ CA CO FL GA NV PA TX
Democrats 29 32 33 24 21 24 30 30 28
Republicans 19 19 23 12 19 12 18 15 15
Organizations that don’t take sides 12 15 15 9 9 11 15 13 9
Friends or family 16 19 18 15 14 15 16 9 14
Have not been contacted 47 42 41 55 52 55 46 51 52
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
33No matter how you get your information and news (online, tv, etc.) how often do
you get news or information in Spanish?
Very often, mostly or always
16
in Spanish
Somewhat often, more
16
Spanish than English
Occasionally, more English
34
but some Spanish
Rarely or never, mostly or
34
always in English
July 20-Aug 1, 2022 N=2,750 (+/-1.9%)
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