Trump approval among Hispanic Americans reaches 24% in Reuters/Ipsos poll
A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Trump’s approval among Hispanic Americans at 24%, while a separate NBC/Telemundo survey also shows Democratic strength.
By Lucas Ferreira · Science & Environment Writer
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President Donald Trump’s approval among Hispanic Americans stood at 24% in a new Reuters/Ipsos survey, the lowest reading of either of his presidential terms, Reuters reported. The Trump approval Hispanic voters result comes less than a month before the Nov. 3 midterm elections and points to a potential risk to Republican gains with the group in 2024, though current approval and midterm preferences are not directly comparable with presidential-election votes.
Trump’s overall approval was 32%, unchanged from September and tied with the lowest rating of his political career in Reuters/Ipsos polling, according to Reuters. The poll found that 52% of Hispanic voters said they planned to vote Democratic in the midterms, compared with 26% who planned to vote Republican.
What do the polls say about Hispanic and Latino voters?
Reuters/Ipsos surveyed 4,506 U.S. adults online across the country over six days, completing the poll on Oct. 5. Reuters put its margin of error at about two percentage points.
The survey’s 24% figure measures approval of Trump’s job performance. Its 52%-to-26% finding measures respondents’ stated midterm voting plans. Neither result establishes how individuals will ultimately vote.
A separate NBC News/Telemundo poll reported a similar direction among Latino registered voters, using its own wording and sample. That survey found 27% approving of Trump’s performance and 69% disapproving, according to USA Today.
In the NBC News/Telemundo poll, 59% of Latino registered voters said they preferred Democrats to control Congress, while 35% preferred Republican control. The survey of 800 registered Latino voters was conducted Sept. 21-28 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, USA Today reported.
Preference for control of Congress is different from a respondent’s intended vote in a particular race. The two polls also used different populations and question formats, so their percentages should not be treated as interchangeable.
Which issues did Latino respondents raise?
Among Latino voters in the NBC News/Telemundo survey, 78% disapproved of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, while 20% approved, USA Today reported. About two-thirds said his immigration enforcement efforts had gone too far; 9% said they had not gone far enough, and 22% supported his approach.
Inflation and the cost of living were the most important issue for 33% of respondents in that poll, and 52% placed them among their two leading concerns. Those responses describe views at the time of the survey; they do not establish why opinion or voting preferences changed.
Reuters reported that Trump won nearly half of the Hispanic vote in the 2024 presidential contest, compared with roughly one-third in 2020. That retrospective vote result is distinct from the current surveys’ measures of presidential approval, midterm vote plans and preferred party control of Congress.
This story draws on original reporting from Al Jazeera.