Toplines - NUSA Hispanic November 2022 - November 8-9, 2022

Survey of 515 Hispanic 2022 Midterm Voters
Conducted November 8-9, 2022

By Rasmussen Reports and NumbersUSA

 

1* How would you rate the job Joe Biden has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

 

23% Strongly approve

24% Somewhat approve

14% Somewhat disapprove

37% Strongly disapprove

  2% Not sure

 

2* Was this the first time you have voted in a midterm election?

 

28% Yes

71% No

  1% Not sure

 

3* Do you always vote in midterm election or just sometimes vote in midterm elections?

 

69% Always

30% Sometimes

  1% Not sure

 

4* Did you cast your ballot on election day or earlier through early or absentee voting?

 

59% Election Day

41% Early

  1% Not sure

 

5* Did you cast your ballot on election day or earlier through early or absentee voting?

 

25% Election day

18% Week before

12% Last month

12% September

31% Long ago

  2% Not sure

 

6* For Governor, did you vote for the Republican Candidate or the Democratic Candidate, or was there no gubernatorial race?

 

33% Republican

51% Democrat

14% No governor race

  2% Not sure

 

7* For Senate, did you vote for the Republican Candidate or the Democratic Candidate, or was there no senate race?

 

39% Republican

48% Democrat

  9% No senate race

  4% Not sure

 

8* In the contest for your district’s U.S. Representative, did you vote for the Democratic candidate, the Republican candidate or for someone else?

 

50% Democrat

40% Republican

  6% Somebody else

  1% Not willing to say

  3% Not sure

 

9* Who did you vote for in the 2020 Presidential election?

 

37% Trump

52% Biden

  5% Somebody else

  5% Didn't vote

  1% Not sure

 

10* If the 2024 presidential election was held today, and the main candidates were President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump, who would you vote for?

 

43% Biden

42% Trump

10% Somebody else

  1% Didn't vote

  4% Not sure

 

11* How closely have you been following the immigration positions of the Congressional candidates for whom you voted in this election?

 

46% Very closely

36% Somewhat closely

13% Not very closely

  3% Not at all closely

  1% Not sure

 

12* Do you agree or disagree with the immigration policies of the candidates you voted for?

 

40% Strongly agree

35% Somewhat agree

11% Somewhat disagree

  6% Strongly disagree

  9% Not sure

 

13* In deciding who to choose as your district's U.S. Representative, was immigration the top issue, not the top issue but in the top three issues, not one of the top three issues but important, or not an important issue in your voting?

 

21% Top issue

47% Top 3 issues

23% Important

  6% Not important

  4% Not sure

 

14* In general, do you favor immigration policies that prevent illegal border crossings and illegal immigrants from getting jobs in the US, or do you favor policies that allow illegal border crossings and illegal immigrants getting jobs?

 

56% Prevent illegal

32% Favor illegal

13% Not sure

 

15* In general, do you favor immigration policies that increase legal immigration into the US, or do you favor policies that reduce the level of legal immigration?

 

43% Increased immigration

46% Reduced immigration

11% Not sure

 

16* How would you rate the way the Biden Administration is handling the issue of illegal immigration?

 

13% Excellent

18% Good

21% Fair

44% Poor

  4% Not sure

 

17* On the question of illegal immigration, is the government doing too much or too little to reduce illegal border crossings and visitor overstays?

 

16% Too much

57% Too little

17% About right

11% Not sure

 

18* In trying to control illegal immigration, how important is it to greatly increase the physical barriers such as walls and fencing on the U.S. border with Mexico -- very important, somewhat important, not very important, or not important at all?

 

47% Very important

19% Somewhat important

18% Not very important

13% Not at all important

  4% Not sure

 

19* In trying to control illegal immigration, should the government mandate that all employers use the federal electronic E-Verify system to help ensure that they hire only legal workers for U.S. jobs?

 

64% Yes

25% No

11% Not sure

 

20* Current federal policy adds about one million new permanent immigrants to the United States each year.  Which is closest to the number of new permanent immigrants the government should be adding each year -- fewer than 250,000, 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than two million?

 

36% <250k

14% <500k

12% <750k

10% <1M

  5% <1.5M

  8% >2M

15% Not sure

 

21* Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose or strongly oppose giving lifetime work permits to most of the estimated 12 million illegal residents of all ages who currently reside in the United States?

 

28% Strongly favor

27% Somewhat favor

18% Somewhat oppose

22% Strongly oppose

  5% Not sure

 

22* Do you favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children, or do you favor them also eventually bringing in other adult relatives in a process that can include extended family and their spouses' families?

 

58% Favor legal immigrants being allowed to bring with them only a spouse and minor children

33% Favor also eventually bringing in other adult relatives that can include extended family and their spouses’ families

10% Not sure

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence