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Democrats regain ground with Latino voters ahead of the midterms

30 September 2026 at 11:21

The Trump administration’s immigration policy and the state of the economy are prompting a shift of Latino voters back toward the Democrats. Although many remain undecided, a new poll shows that in the November midterms, Democratic congressional candidates will receive between six and 10 percentage points more of the Hispanic vote compared with Kamala Harris’s 2024 results. By contrast, Republicans would lose five points of the votes Trump won among this electorate. On November 3, all seats in the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate are up for election, as well as 36 governorships.

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An election worker drops a ballot in Doral, Florida, on August 18.

Trump’s obsessions are hurting Republicans ahead of midterms

28 September 2026 at 09:32

There is a phrase in Trumpist newspeak used to indicate that the president of the United States is on top of matters — “maintains laser focus.” The problem, just a little over a month before the midterms, is that polls show voters are not satisfied with the issues Trump is pointing that laser at.

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Donald Trump before going to the airport to receive Xi Jinping, an unprecedented gesture since the times of John F. Kennedy.
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