The Republican Party is attracting Latino voters at a rate that has stunned the media and the Democrats.

NBC elections analyst Steve Kornacki said that Latinos are starting to trend toward former President Donald Trump and Republicans and it could be the deciding factor in the presidential election.

And in what may be the greatest stunner the former president is leading the vice president with Latinos when it comes to who they prefer to handle the border.

“We see every four years the Latino vote becomes a bigger and bigger share of the overall electorate. Well, among Latinos, our poll shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump 54% to 40%,” the pollster said.

“Men tied when it comes to this race. Women, a 26-point advantage. Again, among Hispanic voters here, there’s a gender gap, as we see with polls of overall voters. Also, age is a big factor here. Look at this. Voters over 50, Hispanic voters over 50, almost a 60-point advantage for Harris, and she’s barely leading with Hispanic voters under 50. In fact, among men under 50, Donald Trump actually leads in our poll by 9 points, a 9-point advantage there, men under 50 for Trump. We also see an education divide. Again, we talk about this a lot when we’re talking about the overall pool of voters too. Men without four-year degrees, that’s now a double-digit Trump constituency in our poll,” he said.

“And we are seeing a religion gap here. Among Catholic Hispanics, 20 points for Harris. Protestant Hispanics, 26 points for Donald Trump. Talking a little bit about the issues. ‘What’s the most important issue?’ we asked in this poll. Abortion clocking in there. And – and Kamala Harris, big advantage, we see that. ‘Being competent and effective,’ Kamala Harris leading there as well,” the pollster said.

“But then the biggies. These are the ones that Hispanic voters are saying are the most important to them. Economy, small advantage Trump. Inflation, nine-point advantage. And how about that? On the border and on immigration, Donald Trump with a double-digit advantage: 13 points in our poll. When asked, ‘Who would be better on this issue?’ Hispanic voters are saying, ‘It’s Donald Trump.’ And that is part of a broader shift here on basic attitudes among Hispanic voters toward immigration,” he said.

“Look, when Donald Trump first ran in 2016, 69% of Hispanics said, ‘Immigration helps the country more than it hurts.’ That’s come down to 62%. And the number who say it hurts more than helps, all the way up to 35%. There’s something bigger and broader going on here, and I think you can see it finally with this. We asked a basic question of Hispanic voters, ‘Which party do you more identify with?’ 37% now say Republicans, 49% say Democrats,” he said.