Poll: Georgia Latino voters concerned about economy, feel neither party pays them close attention

Rey Martinez, then a candidate for Georgia's House of Representatives, kicks off the opening of the Republican National Committee's Hispanic Community Center in Suwanee, Ga., on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

With less than a year to go before the 2024 election, Georgia’s Latino voters are thinking about economic issues, and while they align more with the Democratic Party on average, majorities say both parties either don’t care too much about or are hostile toward their community.

Those are some of the findings of a UnidosUS survey of Latino voters in Georgia conducted last month.

Hispanics are the second-fastest growing group of Georgians in the 2020 census, after people who identify as Black, but the major parties have often misunderstood or oversimplified them, leading to weak or no efforts to earn their votes, said Clarissa Martinez, Vice President of UnidosUS’ Latino Vote Initiative.