The Economy is Causing a Key Voting Bloc to Shift Toward Republicans

“It's the economy, stupid.”

Decades later and James Carville's quote still rings true for voters. With less than a month until Election Day, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll reveals more Democrat women are planning to vote for Republican candidates.

“In September, they favored Democrats by 14 points. Now, independent women backed Republicans by 18 points— a striking swing given the polarization of the American electorate and how intensely Democrats have focused on that group and on the threat Republicans pose to abortion rights,” the paper reported.

Those polled said their primary concern is the economy and Republicans seem better prepared to take on the issue. Mortgage loan officer Robin Ackerman, 37, said she was switching because she felt the GOP was “more geared towards business.”

According to the report Ackerman noted that while she did not support the Supreme Court's ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade it is not her top priority.

“But that doesn't really have a lot to do with my decision… I'm more worried about other things,” she told the outlet.

Another Democrat, Gerard Lamoureux, says the economy and inflation are the issues driving her decision this November.

“It's all about cost,” the 51-year-old Democratic retiree in Newtown, Conn., told the paper. She added, “The price of gas and groceries are through the roof. And I want to eat healthy, but it's cheaper for me to go to McDonald's and get a little meal than it is to cook dinner.” 

Democrats have attempted to use abortion rights as a driving issue in the midterms but Republicans are still largely predicted to re-take the House of Representatives. A September Fox News poll showed inflation ranks as the number one concern for 59% of voters.

Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has also speculated that Latino voters will play a big part in the GOP's success this fall, according to The Washington Examiner.

“We used to do really well with Venezuelan and Cuban voters,” she said. “But now, we've expanded, and it's Colombian and Mexican and other Hispanic voters, and I think the key for the Republican Party is we have not treated the Hispanic community in a monolithic way.”

According to the Pew Research Center, 34.5 million Hispanic Americans will be eligible to vote in 2022, up more than 4.7 million compared to the prior election and accounting for 62% of all new eligible voters ahead of the midterm elections. Polling shows that, like other demographics and the country as a whole, the economy remains by far the top issue for Hispanic voters.

While half say they plan to continue voting for Democratic candidates, 28% say they will vote Republican, a significantly higher rate than the GOP has secured in elections past.

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