5 facts about Hispanic Americans and health care
Seven-in-ten Hispanic Americans say they’ve seen a doctor or other health care provider in the past year, compared with 82% among Americans overall.
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Seven-in-ten Hispanic Americans say they’ve seen a doctor or other health care provider in the past year, compared with 82% among Americans overall.
U.S. Hispanics’ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
Most Latino immigrants say they would come to the U.S. again.
Abortion has risen as an election issue for Latinos, with a majority saying it should be legal in all or most cases. Meanwhile, 80% say the economy is a very important issue when deciding who to vote for in the upcoming congressional midterm elections, a greater share than any other issue.
Latinos agree that the U.S. immigration system needs an overhaul; large shares say it requires major changes or needs to be completely rebuilt.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
Georgia’s changing electoral makeup has been the focus of renewed attention in the 2020 election cycle.
If unauthorized U.S. immigrants aren’t counted, 3 states could each lose a seat they otherwise would have had and 3 others each could gain one.
About eight-in-ten Latino registered voters and U.S. voters overall rate the economy as very important to their vote.
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