The media’s over-hyped “blue wave” predicted for this November may hit an “unexpected speed bump” heading into the midterm elections, with new polls showing the Democrats struggling to capture the Hispanic vote.

According to a new study, a “growing number of Democratic strategists are privately concerned” that the soaring US economy, higher wages, and record-low Hispanic unemployment may be turning once-liberal supporters towards the GOP.

“Democrats have hit an unexpected speed bump in their drive to regain control of Congress: unsettling signs that the party may not generate as much turnout or support among Latino voters this fall as it expected,” writes the report.

“I still think it’s a little too soon to push the panic button, but having said that, we are not seeing the types of numbers with Hispanic voters that we should be seeing with the most hostile person to ever hold public office against Hispanics as the President,” said one Democratic pollster.

Read the full report at the Daily Caller.