UnidosUS

Official elections signage welcomes voters to a polling place in English, Spanish, and Creole, at a church in Homestead, Fla., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

UnidosUS poll: Cost of living, ICE arrests pull Latino voters away from Republicans toward Democrats

Sergio R. Bustos

Skyrocketing homeowners insurance premiums, high property taxes, and aggressive immigration enforcement tactics pushed Florida’s Latino voters toward Democratic candidates in tightly contested statewide races, according to new survey released by UnidosUS on Tuesday.

People stand in line for early voting at a library.

Government & Politics

Why Democrats will face even more challenges with Latino voters in the coming year

Helen Acevedo

A new poll released by FIU shows Biden's support among Latinos nationally has dropped. Eduardo Gamarra of the Latino Public Opinion Forum tells WLRN how these numbers can affect the 2024 presidential election — and how Democrats might regain some of the lost ground.

An English-and-Spanish polling station sign in Dallas, Texas,

Midterm poll: Florida Latino voters 'are outliers' compared to Latinos nationwide

Tim Padgett

Florida's Republican-Latino bond helped turn Miami-Dade County red this week. But a poll shows the national Latino red turn the GOP wanted didn't happen.