In 2024, Donald Trump won the presidency with the support of 44% of Hispanic voters, suggesting that a major realignment in party preferences might be underway.

But just two years later, it appears much of that support has eroded.

Sixty-one percent of Hispanic voters say they will now support Democrats in the midterms, including 11% who previously had voted for President Trump.

We get a bird’s-eye view of what to expect from the Latino vote from Marisa Franco, the co-founder and director of the advocacy organization Mijente.

While ICE brutality will be at the front of voters’ minds, she says, Democrats cannot continue to take Latino voters for granted.

“The vast majority of Latinos are working-class.

Quite simply, they voted for Trump because they were looking at issues of economy, cost, inflation,” explains Franco.

“And at the end of the day, these same issues have worsened under Trump’s administration, under Republican control.

So people, I think, are looking for someone who’s going to explain what’s happening and propose solutions and be dogged about finding them.” This is a rush transcript.

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AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org.

We end today’s show looking at how Latino voters could impact today’s midterms.

In 2024, President Trump won the presidency with the support of 44% of Latino voters across the country — a significant shift following decades of Democratic advantage among Latinos.

Two years later, it appears much of those Republican gains have eroded, and Democratic voters are significantly more motivated to go to the polls.

Polling suggests cost of living is the top concern for all voters, including Latinos, who now trust Democrats more than President Trump to manage the economy.

But the Trump administration’s violent crackdown on immigrants has also hurt his support among Latinos.

This is a former Trump supporter in Miami, Wayne DeMario, whose wife Yamile, who is Cuban, was recently deported to Mexico.

WAYNE DEMARIO: I am praying that everybody votes these pieces of garbage out.

Team up, everybody.

I don’t care.

Don’t be afraid that you voted for this jerk.

Don’t be afraid that you voted for this guy.

Team up and vote against him.

Don’t worry about losing your guns.

You’re not going to lose your guns if you vote Democrat.

You’re not going to lose anything.

Matter of fact, if I would have voted Democrat, I wouldn’t have lost my wife.

AMY GOODMAN: To talk about this and more, we’re joined by Marisa Franco, co-founder and director of Mijente, a national digital organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx communities, joining us from Houston, Texas.

Thanks so much, Marisa, for being there.

The New York Times has said Latinos are the most important swing vote in today’s election, making up 20% of registered voters in two dozen highly competitive House races, from Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and other states.

Can you talk about the shift that we’re seeing from 2024? MARISA FRANCO: It’s good to be with you, Amy.

Yeah, it’s going to be a big night.

The forecasts show a 15-point swing towards Democrats from Latinos and in heavy Latino districts.

Just a quick roll call.

You look at Florida, a place that oftentimes people have counted out as gone to the right.

I’m really looking at the Boricua vote in Florida.

I’m looking at Venezolanos, who were heavily hit by ICE.

You just heard the gentleman talking about the impact of ICE and deportations on himself personally, feeling that, that Trump remorse, that MAGA remorse.

Georgia and North Carolina, and just overall in the Southeast, I’m looking at Latinos continuing to advance.

I think you’re going to be looking — I’m really paying attention of, like, where are we making advancements and where are we helping break through.

Georgia and North Carolina, I think you’ve seen the growth of Latino populations and actually be a flank and, what I would affectionately say, being helpers and....