The trend is not entirely new. “We saw this movement starting as far back as 2018 in the run-up to those midterm elections,” said Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. “The shift among Hispanic men was clear, and it seems they were attracted to the strong leadership that President Trump offered.”

“That movement sped up in the ’20 cycle as part of the national debate revolved around the Democrats’ lurch toward socialistic policies,” Newhouse added. “Now, with President Biden’s over-reaching policies, Hispanics have pulled back and appear to be gradually shifting their partisan allegiance.”

John Anzalone, the Democratic pollster who worked on the Journal poll, put it another way, telling the outlet: “Latinos are more and more becoming swing voters. … They’re a swing vote that we’re going to have to fight for.”