A few reactions to the Equis report on Latinos in the 2022 midterms

The firm's talk of "stability" is happy talk for its Democratic client base. Its own data shows a more Republican Presidential-year Hispanic electorate waiting in the wings.

Equis’ exhaustive post-election reports on the Latino vote are always a must-read, and this year’s is no exception. I don’t agree with the firm’s political perspective, but think they’re being honest with their work. The report’s conclusions strike me as careful, measured and not at all overhyping a partisan agenda. That’s the sign of a good research product, even if it’s not always optimal for social media eyeballs and clicks.

The picture painted by the Latino vote results in the 2022 midterms is one of stability, writes Carlos Odio of Equis. Despite the strong hype surrounding Trump’s breakthroughs with Hispanics in 2020, Republicans did no better than they had in 2020 in key 2022 midterm battlegrounds. If we were watching a slow-motion collapse of Democrats with Latino voters, we might expect further erosion from the new 2020 baseline. And for Democrats worried about their Latino losses, this comes as a relief.

This narrative of stability might be accurate on the surface, but whether…