Inflation is the decisive issue driving Latino voters away from Trump

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Household prices for food, housing, energy, healthcare and other everyday necessities, and the economic policies blamed or credited for them. Central to how American voters judge an administration, and argued through inflation, wages, interest rates, tariffs and gasoline prices.

Reporting on October 5, 2026, described an NBC News/Telemundo poll finding that Latino voters preferred Democratic control of Congress and rated President Trump's performance poorly. The findings challenged Republican efforts to preserve congressional control by retaining gains among Latino voters from 2024.