New Polling Shows Hispanic Voters Are Overwhelmingly Favorable Towards Medicaid
As House Republicans prepare to vote later today on cutting Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, the consequences are coming into clear view. Medicaid cuts threaten health care for over 70 million Americans and Hispanic families would disproportionately suffer. In polling from Protect Our Care and Hart Research last month, Hispanic voters surveyed are overwhelmingly favorable towards Medicaid and would disapprove of Republicans’ extreme plans to slash Medicaid funding.
Recently, eight House Republicans have expressed their concern that Medicaid cuts could disproportionately impact their Hispanic constituents. Medicaid is a crucial lifeline for the Hispanic community. Medicaid covers 20.3 million Hispanic Americans – a third of the Hispanic community – more than half of all Hispanic children, and 3 in 10 Hispanic seniors. Medicaid provided maternity care to 58 percent of Hispanic mothers in 2021.
Polling
Among the Hispanic voters surveyed:
- Are overwhelmingly favorable towards Medicaid by 68 points (80% favorable vs. 12% unfavorable).
- Only 10% support cutting the amount that the federal government spends on health care, with 62% wanting an increase and 20% wanting it to stay the same.
- 72% would disapprove (46% strongly disapprove) of Republicans in Congress making major cuts to Medicaid.
- 73% of Hispanic voters either depend on Medicaid themselves, have a family member or relative who does, or know someone who is close to them who does.
Hart Research Associates surveyed voters nationwide from January 16 to January 20, 2025. The survey included an oversample of Hispanic voters (n=182). 41% of the Hispanic voters survey backed a Republican candidate for Congress in 2024. The full results are available online here.
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