{"id":9465,"date":"2020-09-11T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/hispanic-voters-say-economy-health-care-and-covid-19-are-top-issues-in-2020-presidential-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:44:19","slug":"hispanic-voters-say-economy-health-care-and-covid-19-are-top-issues-in-2020-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/09\/11\/hispanic-voters-say-economy-health-care-and-covid-19-are-top-issues-in-2020-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Hispanic voters say economy, health care and COVID-19 are top issues in 2020 presidential election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A woman wearing a protective mask and gloves leaves after voting in Florida’s Democratic primary election at Miami-Dade Public Library Little Havana in Miami on March 17, 2020. (Eva Marie Uzcategui\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As the coronavirus continues its spread<\/a> across the United States, strong majorities of Hispanic registered voters say the economy, health care and the COVID-19 outbreak are very important to their vote in the 2020 presidential election, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted July 27 to Aug. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote, the highest shares among the 12 issues included in this survey. But these groups differ on other issues. Higher shares of Latino voters than U.S. voters cite health care (76% vs. 68%), the coronavirus outbreak (72% vs. 62%) and racial and ethnic inequality (66% vs. 52%) as very important.  These views come as Latinos have faced disproportionate economic<\/a> and health effects<\/a> from the coronavirus outbreak. The largest gap is on climate change, with 60% of Latinos and 42% of U.S. adults citing it as very important to their vote for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notable differences exist by gender, and this is especially true for Hispanics on the issue of immigration. Among registered voters, more Hispanic women than Hispanic men rate immigration as very important to their vote for president (69% vs. 50%). By comparison, among U.S. voters overall, half or more of women (55%) and men (50%) say immigration is very important. Substantially more Hispanic women than Hispanic men rate economic inequality (59% vs. 45%) and abortion (48% vs. 36%) as very important to their vote for president, though these views largely mirror those of all U.S. voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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