Majority of Latino voters disapprove of Trump, Pew study finds | Donald Trump
Majorities of Latinos disapprove of Donald Trump and his economic and immigration policies a new report From Pew Research Center.
After receiving support from almost half of Latino voters in the 2024 elections, Trump lost the support of the majority surveyed in October. Pew found that 70 percent of Latinos “disapprove of the way Trump is handling his presidency,” 65 percent disapprove of his administration’s approach to immigration, and 61 percent believe his economic policies are worsening economic conditions.
Trump won 48% of the Latino vote in 2024, up from 28% in 2016. One of the fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States, Latinos make up one in five Americans.
After the 2024 elections, Latinos, especially Latino men, won their votes by crediting Trump’s economic proposals and immigration policies, arguing that he was not serious about threats of mass deportation.
According to an October 2024 report from Siena, two-thirds of Latinos at the time said they “didn’t feel like he was talking about me” when Trump discussed immigration policies, and more than 40% approved of his proposal to build a border wall. questionnaire For the New York Times.
But that support has waned since Trump began implementing aggressive immigration crackdowns, as well as sweeping tariffs and cuts to social safety net spending. In June, a co-founder of Latinas for Trump criticized widespread detentions of immigrants as “unacceptable and inhumane.”
November election results showed Democrats winning back Latino voters in gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.
Changes among Latino voters are still markedly divided by political party. According to the Pew report, almost all Latinos who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 elections disapprove of Trump, while 81 percent of those who voted for Trump approve of the president’s job (up from 93 percent at the beginning of his term).
Majorities of Latinos worry that they, a family member or close friend could be deported under the president’s increased immigration enforcement; While 42% expressed this fear in March, 52% express this fear now. Nearly 60% said they had witnessed or heard of immigration raids or arrests in their community in the past six months.
For the first time in nearly two decades, Pew reported that “most Hispanics say their situation is getting worse.” While 10 percent of Hispanics told Pew that Trump’s policies have helped them, 78 percent said the president’s policies have harmed their communities.
