00:00Latino voters helped seal President Donald Trump's return to power in 2024.
00:05People that come from where I come from, they don't meet the president, so I'm really,
00:08I'm lucky, I'm gonna say this, but we need you, we need you back, right?
00:12This time around, they could be the reason why he loses control of the House and possibly the
00:18Senate. More than a year into Trump's second presidency, the same issues that helped send
00:23him back to the White House rank as the top concerns among Latinos ahead of the midterm elections this
00:30November. An exclusive national poll by Florida Atlantic University for Bloomberg News found that
00:36the economy and immigration remain top of mind. Latinos, who aren't less on average than the
00:43overall US population, are hit especially hard by affordability issues, including the recent
00:49jump in gas prices. And on top of economic concerns, Trump's deportation efforts have also damaged the
00:56GOP's standing with Hispanic voters. The shift in sentiment seemed to be behind Texas State
01:02Representative James Tallarico's recent victory in the Democratic primary. Tallarico performed
01:08particularly well in many of the southern border districts that turned out heavily for Trump in 2024.
01:14Miami, on the other hand, elected a Democratic mayor for the first time in nearly three decades
01:21in December. That reality is prompting a growing number of Republican leaders to flash warning signs.
01:27With only a handful of seats needed to give Democrats control of the House, nearly a dozen Republican-held
01:34House seats with sizable Hispanic populations are considered vulnerable in the November elections.
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