The flight of Hispanic voters from the Republican Party is one of the most important trends this political season, and a few numbers explain why.

In the latest New York Times poll, only 7% of Hispanics say the economy is better than a year ago, while 68% say it’s worse. Fully 80% disapprove of Trump’s economic record. So, while Trump received 46% of the Hispanic vote two years ago, the best showing ever by a Republican candidate, it’s no surprise that 4 out of 5 Hispanic voters now want Democrats to control the next Congress.

In other words, Hispanics are acting pretty much like other voters, sharing the same concerns about rising prices and the same resentment of Trump for failing to control them.

“There’s no renewed affinity or love for the Democratic party. They’re just extremely upset and disillusioned and angry, frankly, with Donald Trump,” Mike Madrid, a veteran strategist who studies the Hispanic vote, told The Guardian. “So they’re gonna leave the Republicans for the exact same reasons that they left the Democrats two years ago.”

Madrid is right in saying that Hispanics have “no renewed affinity” for the Democrats, who have long........

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