Poll: As Restart of Student Loan Payments Approaches, Vast Majority of Latino Voters Expect Major Shift in Families’ Financial Security

UnidosUS, Student Borrower Protection Center, and Data for Progress released the following tracking poll exploring the effects of student debt on Latino likely voters. Among respondents with student debt, a large majority expect to make “major changes to saving or spending” if student loan payments resume, including 6-in-10 Latino and Latina likely voters with student debt. In contrast, fewer than 1-in-5 likely voters with student debt, including a similar share of Latina and Latino likely voters, is “very confident” in their ability to make payments when they come due.

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Read the Poll: https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2022/3/dfp-sbpc-student-loan-march-tabs.pdf

Read the Press Release: New Poll: As Restart of Student Loan Payments Approaches, Vast Majority of Latino Voters Expect Major Shift in Families’ Financial Security