{"id":2704033,"date":"2026-11-12T08:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignno-latino-voters-swing-to-democrats-was-not-because-of-deportations\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T08:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:29:41","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignno-latino-voters-swing-to-democrats-was-not-because-of-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignno-latino-voters-swing-to-democrats-was-not-because-of-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos\u2019 Swing To Democrats Was Not Because Of &#8216;Deportations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignno-latino-voters-swing-to-democrats-was-not-because-of-deportations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2704033&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Media outlets claim Trump\u2019s tough immigration and deportation tactics drove Latino voters from the GOP too Democrats in 2026. But exit polls and surveys show Latinos prioritized the economy and cost of living-45% named the economy as their top issue, only 15% immigration-and those who cared moast about immigration tended to back Republicans. Data indicate rising gas, housing and food costs (and fallout from the Iran war) better explain the Democratic gains, making the \u201cICE backlash\u201d narrative misleading.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>History <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/public-opinion\/key-issues-for-hispanic-voters-include-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shows<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pew.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/reports\/2008\/07\/24\/2008-national-survey-of-latinos-hispanic-voter-attitudes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/10\/11\/top-issues-in-this-years-presidential-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lbj.utexas.edu\/new-ut-study-reveals-priorities-shift-latino-voters-prioritize-healthcare-and-economy-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tend to prioritize<\/a> the economy over other issues at the polls. Yet corporate media\u2019s chosen culprit to explain why Latinos who voted Republican in 2024 suddenly turned away from the GOP in 2026 is the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>The emerging narrative that Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown and deportation strategy drove Hispanics into the arms of Democrats is a lie directly contradicted by voter data. Yet the narrative that Latinos left the GOP over deportations<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DecodingFoxNews\/status\/2120550399039955449?a=IEe3exdnuntcB-Jm100&#038;s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> proliferates<\/a> \u2014 even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aGq3yEM7iLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starting long before the midterms<\/a> began.<\/p>\n<p>CBS\u2019 <em>Face The Nation<\/em> determined that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ywv6Wbkhcog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201canger over aggressive ICE operations\u201d<\/a> that drove Latino voters, especially those in Texas, against Republicans on Nov. 3. The Latin Times explained the blue tsunami with headlines using phrases like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latintimes.com\/democrats-win-67-latino-vote-2026-midterms-ice-backlash-surges-among-hispanics-601093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cICE Backlash Surges.\u201d<\/a> The Guardian, similarly, claimed Trump\u2019s \u201cICE tactics\u201d \u201calienated\u201d Hispanic voters to the point that they turned back to the blue party.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/texas-latino-voter-turnout-historic-democratic-shift-rcna607455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged <\/a>that \u201chigher gas, housing and food prices played prominently at the polls\u201d but ultimately determined it \u201cwas clear that Trump\u2019s aggressive mass deportation policies played an outsized role in voting by Latinos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Trump speculated that his immigration policy, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/09\/13\/trump-deportation-immigrants-springfield-ohio-aurora-colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass deportation promise<\/a> he won back the White House with, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/10\/trump-learned-the-wrong-lesson-on-immigration-from-the-midterm-wipeout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was \u201ctoo tough\u201d<\/a> to land with midterm voters.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The data \u2014 including data collected by the very outlets touting the emerging narrative that Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown drove his 2024 Latino voters away from Republicans in 2026 \u2014 suggests otherwise. <\/p>\n<p>While it is true that Latino voters reversed their <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/02\/numbers-behind-trumps-biggest-win-could-doom-dying-democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">historic 2024 shift<\/a> toward the GOP back to Democrats this midterm election, the reason for that reversal was not immigration, but the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Economy Is the Top Issue for Latino Voters in the 2026 Midterms,\u201d Pew Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2026\/10\/16\/the-economy-is-the-top-issue-for-latino-voters-in-the-2026-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">predicted<\/a> one month before Election Day. Post-election data only confirmed that prediction.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-elections\/exit-polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC exit poll<\/a> found that 45 percent of Latino voters said the economy was their biggest concern going into the 2026 election. Only 15 percent reported \u201cimmigration\u201d as \u201cthe most important facing the country.\u201d Of those who prioritized immigration, six in 10 voted Republican. <\/p>\n<p>Overall, 94 percent of Latino voters claimed cost of living was a \u201ccrucial\u201d or \u201cmajor\u201d factor in their vote. That\u2019s nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/have-we-reached-the-peak-of-people-returning-to-the-office\/\" title=\"Have We Reached the Peak of People Returning to the Off...?\">20 percentage points higher<\/a> than the 76 percent of Latinos who signaled that immigration policy drove their decision at the polls. The more crucial the role a Latino voter said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-band-aid-border-policy-fueled-haitis-descent\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s border policy worsened Haiti&#039;s situation\">immigration policy played<\/a> in his vote, the more likely he was to vote Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what corporate media claim, immigration <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/11\/05\/post-election-data-immigration-is-a-winning-issue-for-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>is<\/em> a winning issue<\/a> for Republicans. As my colleague Federalist Staff Writer Shawn Fleetwood wrote, \u201cDemocrats also seemed to recognize that their opposition to enforcing America\u2019s immigration laws was not a winning issue for their party heading into Tuesday\u2019s elections.\u201d While blue party candidates spent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/11\/03\/republican-campaign-ads-trump-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decent chunk of time and money<\/a> lamenting \u201cICE\u201d in ads during the primaries, it \u201cplummeted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignpost-election-data-immigration-is-a-winning-issue-for-republicans\/\" title=\"...: Immigration Is Still A Winning Issue For Republicans\">35th policy issue talked<\/a> about in Democrat ads\u201d during the general election period. <\/p>\n<p>As expected, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X1WfkHjhHqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gas prices<\/a>, grocery bills, and general cost of living \u2014 all exacerbated by Trump\u2019s decision to go to war with Iran \u2014 played a massive role in Hispanics\u2019 decision to contribute to Democrats\u2019 map sweep, as was the case with most voters who turned out to vote blue in the 2026 elections. <\/p>\n<p>To suggest that Latinos, who voted for Trump and his immigration platform in 2024, turned on the GOP due to ICE alone isn\u2019t simply misleading. It\u2019s a lie likely designed to deter the president from using his remaining two years in office to continue the mass deportation strategy that got him reelected.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-cruelty-is-the-point-folks\/\" title=\"The Cruelty Is the Point, Folks\">award-winning staff writer<\/a> at The Federalist and producer of \u201cThe Federalist Radio Hour.\u201d Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economy, not immigration, drove Latino voting in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2704034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-at-3.33.43-PM-scaled-e1794433486435.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,8675,36382,32247],"class_list":["post-2704033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-deportations","tag-immigration-policy","tag-latino-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-11-11-at-3.33.43-PM-scaled-e1794433486435.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704038,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704033\/revisions\/2704038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2704034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}