Polls show inflation tops Latinos' minds and abortion concerns have spiked

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "The cost of living and inflation really is top of mind and then there are these other issues ... voting rights, abortion and gun safety are also very important."
50% : Edwin Lopez sorts the money in the cash register at Frankie's Pizza in Miami on Jan. 12, 2022.Joe Raedle / Getty Images fileA poll tracking Latino registered voters shows a dramatic jump in abortion as a top concern, though it still ranks below the rising cost of living and inflation.
46% : Last month, Fernand Amandi, a Democratic pollster and principal with Bendixen and Amandi, said his polling showed Latinos favoring keeping abortion legal by large margins in key states: 30 points in Arizona, 40 points in Nevada and 41 points in Pennsylvania.
40% : A poll of 2,750 Latinos -- 2,540 were registered to vote and 210 were not but were eligible to vote -- showed 19% ranked abortion as one of the top three issues elected officials should address.
39% : Only 4% of Latinos in the new poll said they favored limiting or banning abortion.
39% : Amandi said at the time that those margins signaled that the Republican Party had overreached on abortion, in particular Republican leaders' support for overturning Roe v. Wade and the implementation of strict abortion bans in GOP-run states.
39% : Some Republican candidates have been walking back their support for a total ban on abortion and tempering their positions as only supportive of restrictions, as Republican pollsters have been warning it could hurt GOP candidates in competitive races, NBC News reported this week.
38% :Along with inflation, abortion, improving wages and gun violence, lowering the cost of health care were the top five pressing issues named.

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