


The Republican Party saw a surge in support from Hispanic voters during the 2022 midterm elections, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center released Wednesday.
Although Hispanic voters still favored Democratic candidates overall, support for Democrats was by a smaller margin in 2022 than in previous years. Latino voters favored Democratic candidates by 21 points in 2022, compared with a 47-point margin in 2018.
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"This change was driven by asymmetric changes in voter turnout among Hispanic adults, rather than changing preferences among individual Hispanic voters," the report noted.
The result is a wake-up call for Democratic representatives who rely on the Hispanic vote to help secure seats in the House.
Another worrying trend for Democrats is among female voters. In 2018, widespread activism led Democrats to win over women by an 18-point margin, compared to a 3-point margin in 2022. However, the result was because of low voter turnout rather than party defections, as seen with Hispanic voters.
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Although the results are a warning sign for Democrats, the survey does not necessarily point to a Republican victory in 2024. Midterm elections tend to attract older voters, which tends to favor the Republican Party, so if Democrats attract a high voter turnout during the presidential election, the liberal party could still have widespread victories next year.
Despite the slimmer margin among Hispanic voters during last year's midterm elections, the Republican Party as a whole underperformed. Although it won back the House of Representatives, it was by a much closer margin than expected, leading to only a slim majority.