3 takeaways from our new poll of Latino voters: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.

In today’s edition, Scott Bland breaks down the key numbers to know from our new national poll of the Latino electorate. Plus, Sahil Kapur dives into Democrats’ lingering divisions over transgender issues.

Latino voters’ swing toward President Donald Trump was one of the defining trends of the 2024 election. Their swing back could define the 2026 midterms, too.

That’s the broad takeaway from the NBC News/Telemundo poll that came out Sunday, which showed Democrats with a 24-point lead among Latino registered voters on a 2026 ballot test. That’s a double-digit turnaround from the 2024 edition of the survey — and it comes after Republicans in Florida and Texas made big redistricting bets on extending the party’s results in the last election.

Here are three big takeaways from the numbers:

The economy is the driving factor. Immigration and border security are still important to many Latino voters, but their top issue is the cost of living, and Trump’s inability to follow through on his campaign promise to lower prices is…

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