>>> WE'VE GOT A NEW POLL FOR YOU
THAT GIVES FRESH INSIGHT ON A
KEY VOTING GROUP IN THE CRITICAL
SWING STATE OF FLORIDA.
55% OF HISPANIC VOTERS SAY THE
SUPREME COURT DECISION TO
OVERTURN ROE V. WADE IS A STEP
BACK WARD FOR AMERICA.
JUST 27% SAY IT'S A STEP FORWARD
IN THAT CBS POLL.
NBC'S MORGAN RADFORD IS TALKING
TO VOTERS IN MIAMI, ALSO WITH US
FORMER CONGRESSMAN CARLOS
CURBELO, A REPUBLICAN WHO
REPRESENTED SOUTH FLORIDA.
SO MORGAN, POLLS GAVE US KIND OF
A BIG PICTURE.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM
INDIVIDUALS ON THE GROUND IN A
COUNTY WHERE THE HISPANIC
POPULATION IS, WHAT, CLOSE TO
70%?
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
ALMOST 70% HERE IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, LATINO VOTERS.
THE REALITY OF IT IS, CHRIS,
THIS IS PLAYING OUT PRETTY
SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN
THOSE POLLS.
SO 68% OF LATINOS SAY THIS IS
SOMETHING THEY DISAPPROVE OF,
THE OVERTURNING OF ROE V. WADE.
WHAT'S FASCINATING IS HOW PEOPLE
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE WHO
ARE ACTIVISTS ARE REALLY
PORTRAYING -- SPEAK TO VOTERS.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHEN WE
SPOKE TO PEOPLE, THEY SAID,
LOOK, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE
GUTTED BY WHEN THEY HEARD THIS
DECISION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS
THIS COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY, AND
THEY SAID THEY DO BELIEVE THERE
WILL BE A NEW ACTIVATION OF
VOTERS AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS.
BUT THEN WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, PEOPLE
WHO WERE SPECIFICALLY POLITICAL
REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS, THEY
SAID, LOOK, THIS IS EFFECTIVELY
A WIN FOR US, BUT IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE NECESSARILY
WANT TO EXPLICITLY MESSAGE
AROUND, SEEMED TO TIP THEIR HAT
THAT THEY KNOW HOW DEEPLY
UNPOPULAR THIS IS AMONG A PRETTY
KEY DEMOGRAPHIC.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> I THINK THAT THE ECONOMY,
EDUCATION, AND SAFETY, WE WANT
TO LIVE IN SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN ISSUES
THAT HISPANICS ARE TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY WANT TO
VOTE.
I DON'T THINK THAT ABORTION OR
GUN CONTROL.
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY THAT SORT
OF PIVOTED TO OTHER ISSUES.
WHAT'S FASCINATING AGAIN, CHRIS,
IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE CONTEXT
HERE, LATINO VOTERS ARE ALREADY
THE LARGEST NON-WHITE VOTING
BLOCK IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT'S PERSONAL
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT LATINA WOMEN
SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE TWICE AS
LIKELY AS THEIR WHITE COUNTER
PARTS TO EXPERIENCE UNINTENDED
PREGNANCY, AND IT'S ALSO
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS IS A
GROUP OVER REPRESENTED AMONG
UNINSURED POPULATIONS.
SO THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE
HOW THESE TWO GROUPS ARE GOING
TO SORT OF ACTIVATE, IF AT ALL,
THIS KEY DEMOGRAPHIC IN A SWING
STATE LIKE FLORIDA AHEAD OF THE
MIDTERMS.
>> NOT MANY MORE IMPORTANT
STATES THAN FLORIDA, THAT'S FOR
SURE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
CARLOS, WE JUST HEARD THE RNC'S
HIS PAN OUTREACH DIRECTOR SAYS
ABORTION AND GUN CONTROL NOT
MUCH OF A FACTOR FOR LATINO
VOTERS.
IS THAT PIVOT GOING TO WORK?
>> WELL, REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND
INFLATION.
THIS ABORTION ISSUE POLITICALLY
IS A DISTRACTION FOR
REPUBLICANS.
THEY KNOW IT ACTIVATES THE
DEMOCRATIC BASE, AND THEY KNOW
IT CAN ALSO HURT THEM WITH SOME
SWING VOTERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE LATINO
COMMUNITY, CHRIS, I THINK THE
BIG QUESTION IS GOING TO BE CAN
DEMOCRATS GET THOSE YOUNGER
LATINOS TO TURN OUT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
REALLY AGAINST THIS RULING WHO
ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THOSE VOTERS
SOMETIMES DON'T SHOW UP IN
MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
SO FOR REPUBLICANS, THERE IS
SOME POTENTIAL PERIL OUT THERE.
THE BIG QUESTION IS CAN
DEMOCRATS GET THOSE YOUNGER