What do we know about how Latino and Black voters cast their ballots in the midterms?

Dec 03, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    8% Center

  • Reliability

    N/AN/A

  • Policy Leaning

    48% Moderately Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Negative

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"In Georgia, nearly one-third of Black voters said abortion was the most important issue affecting their vote, with 96"
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-16% Liberal
"Abortion was the top issue for one-fifth of Black voters and more than one-fourth of Latino voters, with around 90"
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-18% Liberal
"But even with abortion being a significant motivating factor, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams still lost a few percentage points of support among Black voters compared to their previous election bids."
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-36% Liberal
"These hopes were strengthened by the win of Republican Rep. Mayra Flores in a June special election, turning the 34th District red for the first time in a decade."
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18% Conservative
"Gov. Ron DeSantis received 55"
Positive
4% Conservative
"While Republicans did come away with a win in the 15th District, Latino voters in the neighboring 28th District actually shifted significantly towards Democrats -- in some counties, by dozens of percentage points -- securing the reelection of moderate Democrat, Henry Cuellar."
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0% Conservative
"Republicans had also hoped to build on Trump's gains among Latino voters in Texas to flip three historically blue majority-Latino districts in the southern part of the state, the 15th, 28th and 34th districts."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"And though Republican Gov. Greg Abbott easily beat his Democratic opponent, Beto O'Rourke, he received 4 percentage points less of the Latino vote than he had in 2018."
Positive
2% Conservative
"And though Republican Gov. Greg Abbott easily beat his Democratic opponent, Beto O'Rourke, he received 4 percentage points less of the Latino vote than he had in 2018."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Though the Latino vote did shift red in some parts of the 34th District, it was not enough to keep Flores from losing to her Democratic opponent who received more financial support from PACs and outspent Flores on advertisements."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Though the Latino vote did shift red in some parts of the 34th District, it was not enough to keep Flores from losing to her Democratic opponent who received more financial support from PACs and outspent Flores on advertisements."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"But even with abortion being a significant motivating factor, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams still lost a few percentage points of support among Black voters compared to their previous election bids."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"In the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump received 8 percentage points more of the Latino vote than he did in 2016, making gains in Latino-majority counties in South Texas and Florida, including Miami-Dade County where he narrowed his losing margin from 30 percentage points in 2016 against Hillary Clinton to 7 percentage points in 2020 against President Joe Biden."
Positive
24% Conservative
"In the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump received 8 percentage points more of the Latino vote than he did in 2016, making gains in Latino-majority counties in South Texas and Florida, including Miami-Dade County where he narrowed his losing margin from 30 percentage points in 2016 against Hillary Clinton to 7 percentage points in 2020 against President Joe Biden."
Positive
24% Conservative
"In the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump received 8 percentage points more of the Latino vote than he did in 2016, making gains in Latino-majority counties in South Texas and Florida, including Miami-Dade County where he narrowed his losing margin from 30 percentage points in 2016 against Hillary Clinton to 7 percentage points in 2020 against President Joe Biden."
Positive
24% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : In Georgia, nearly one-third of Black voters said abortion was the most important issue affecting their vote, with 96% of those voting Democratic.
41% : Abortion was the top issue for one-fifth of Black voters and more than one-fourth of Latino voters, with around 90% of those respondents voting Democratic, according to exit polls.
32% : But even with abortion being a significant motivating factor, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams still lost a few percentage points of support among Black voters compared to their previous election bids.

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