LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada Hispanics who took part in an Emerson University poll said the economy was their community’s biggest concern, but neither Democrats nor Republicans trust them to do something about inflation. You cannot.
This poll combined a survey with a series of focus groups to examine Hispanic opinions. Data were collected from 627 Hispanic Nevadans from July 8 to 18, he had a margin of error of 3.9%. Three focus groups were held in Las Vegas on his July 25-26, and participants paid $125 for their time. The quotes provided here were taken from the focus group.
Thirty-seven percent of survey respondents identified the economy as the top issue, followed by housing (15%), social justice issues (6%), community issues, poverty and the environment (4% each). Crime, gun violence, immigration and politics are each 3%, and abortion and education are 2% each.
Democrats and Republicans won’t do anything about inflation, according to 32% of those surveyed. “Wages haven’t gone up, but everything else has gone up,” said a 51-year-old female voter who doesn’t belong to either party.
Housing is the biggest issue for 15% of the survey and the top concern for Hispanics ages 45 to 54, with 34% of this group citing housing as the biggest issue in their community. .
“Landlords can insanely raise rents to an amount people can’t afford. And no one is doing anything about it,” said a 52-year-old man who identified himself as a Democrat. His 43-year-old single mother, unregistered, echoed his complaints. It might be enough to get a mobile home, but suddenly everything went up in price and now it’s not enough to buy anything. ”
On issues, the poll asked which political party respondents agreed with on the economy, taxes, social spending, abortion, immigration, and public safety/policing. Polls showed that Hispanics in Nevada were more likely to agree with Democrats’ policies, but “neither party” wasn’t far behind. Only 17-21% of Hispanics surveyed agreed with the Republican view.
Hispanic voters in Nevada are often seen as having a significant voice in elections, and have the power to significantly influence election results if they have a strong support for an issue or candidate. Abortion could be such an issue in the next election.
Overall, 34% of Hispanics in Nevada agree with Democrats on abortion, and 17% agree with Republicans. Hispanic voters strongly agree with Democrats and Republicans at 44% to 27%, while unregistered citizens disagree with either party at 48% of her.
“I’m Catholic,” said a 53-year-old Puerto Rican woman. “The church doesn’t believe in abortion, but I believe everyone has the right to choose,” she continued. Isn’t that like taking away the right to use defibrillators, pacemakers, etc.?”
Looking at President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, Nevada Hispanics expressed their views:
According to the poll, “the consensus in focus groups is that the economy is worse under Biden’s leadership than Trump’s.” “[Trump is]great for the U.S. economy,” said the 30-year-old registered Democrat who is now aligned with the Republican Party. A 48-year-old Democrat woman claimed, “I don’t think he’s smart in business because he went bankrupt seven times.”
Focus groups revealed distrust of the media, but a majority of Hispanic voters in Nevada (51%) said they rely on cable or network news for political information. Of unregistered Hispanics, 35% rely on cable or network news and 32% rely on social media.
Facebook is the top social channel for news, used by 26%, followed by YouTube (19%, Tik Tok and Instagram (10% each), Twitter (4%), Snapchat (2%), Reddit (1%)) followed.
Polls show first-generation Hispanics are more than twice as likely to vote along party lines.
Thirty-four percent of Hispanics who have not registered to vote said they did not because “voting will not change anything.” When a 40-year-old independent registered female voter was asked why she didn’t vote in the last presidential election, and changed from identifying with the Democratic Party to an independent voter, she said: , to be honest with you. I was reluctant. It made no difference. ”