Gun violence and crime are the top concerns among Latino voters ahead of November's midterm elections and could erase gains Republican candidates have made campaigning on a sagging economy and soaring inflation costs, according to a new poll.
Worries over gun violence and crime surged ahead of inflation for the first time and rose sharply following last month's massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old fatally shot 21 people and wounded 17 others.The mid-June survey was conducted two weeks after Uvalde and underscored how deeply that tragedy, as well as another mass shooting the week prior in Buffalo, New York, shook the public and forced lawmakers to take on the politically potent concern.
"Going into this poll, inflation and the economy was the dominant issue," Ipsos Senior Vice President Chris Jackson said."As long as that's true, Democrats are going to continue to hemorrhage support among the Latino base." Forty-four percent of Latinos said they are worried about crime or gun safety, up significantly from 27% in a similar March survey. An overwhelming majority of those polled support requiring background checks to purchase a gun and"red flag laws" that allow law enforcement to take guns away from people who are deemed dangerous by the courts.
On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan gun bill intended to prevent dangerous people from having access to firearms. The bill also included a hefty increase in investments in the nation's mental health system. The move ended nearly three decades of Washington, D.C., gridlock on how to tackle the rise in gun violence across the United States.
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