Poll: Latinos less likely to approve of Trump since January

President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after speaking during an AI summit at the Andrew W Mellon Auditorium on July in Washington File photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson Associated Press President Donald Trump s favorability has fallen among Latino adults since the beginning of the year a new AP-NORC poll shows a prospective warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his triumph in the electoral contest The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Community Affairs Research finds that of Latino adults have a somewhat or very favorable view of Trump down from in an AP-NORC poll conducted just before the Republican took office for the second time The percentage who say the country is going in the wrong direction has also increased over the past sparse months from in March to now The shift could spell trouble for Republicans looking to cement advocacy with this group in future elections Countless Latino voters were motivated by economic concerns in last year s balloting and the new poll shows that despite Trump s promises of economic revitalization Latino adults continue to feel higher financial stress than Americans overall Those voters made up of the electorate in according to AP VoteCast a survey of interviews with registered voters and the number of eligible Latinos has been growing rapidly in latest decades Alejandro Ochoa is a warehouse worker in Adelanto He identifies as a Republican and voted for Trump last year but he s now unhappy with the president He criticized specific of the president s budget cuts adding that the cost of groceries is too high and buying a home is still unattainable for him He was kind of relying on essentially the nostalgia of Hey remember before COVID Things weren t as expensive Ochoa commented But now it s like OK you re in office I m still getting done dirty at the grocery store I m still spending an insane amount of money I m trying to cut corners where I can but that bill is still insanely expensive Declining approval on financial system immigration Latino voters shifted toward Trump in the last voting process though a majority still backed Democrat Kamala Harris of Latino voters nationally voted for Trump according to AP VoteCast up from in the presidential polling which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden But the poll now finds that Latino adults are slightly less likely to approve of Trump s handling of the commercial sector and immigration two issues that were major strengths for him in last year s presidential campaign and their views of his overall presidential performance have slipped a little as well In March of Latino adults approved of the way Trump was handling his job as president but now that has fallen to Over the past sparse months Latino communities have also been a target of the president s hard-line immigration tactics The poll located that Latino adults approval of his handling of immigration has declined slightly since March Selected see the two issues as linked Trump s attacks on immigration have affected low-wage and high-skilled workers alike at a moment when the market system is already uncertain because of his erratic contract policies Fel Echandi of Winter Haven Florida is a behavioral specialist who identifies as a Democrat but sometimes votes for Republican candidates He commented he appreciates Trump s views on transgender issues including restroom access for transgender women But he s concerned that Trump s immigration policies leave plenty of people living in fear with negative effects on the financial sector A lot of people rely on immigrants to do labor in certain areas Echandi noted When that gets affected all prices go up Our food costs more because of the costs to get people to do that work The poll determined particularly high levels of financial stress among Latino adults compared with the rest of the country More say the cost of groceries housing and medical care and the amount of money they get paid are major sources of stress compared with U S adults overall Favorability among Latino Republicans drops Views of Trump have even soured a little among Republicans In the latest poll of Latino Republicans mentioned they have a very or somewhat favorable view of Trump That s a shift compared with where Trump stood in an AP-NORC poll from September when viewed him at least somewhat favorably About in white Republicans had a favorable view of Trump in the new poll which was unchanged from the year before In another potentially worrying sign for the president younger Latinos and men two groups that swung particularly dramatically toward him in last year s balloting also see him more negatively About two-thirds of adults under age and men now view Trump unfavorably according to the new poll That s a slight uptick from September when about half in both groups had a negative opinion of him Other concerns about Trump s chaotic second term emerged in interviews Teresa Covarrubias a -year-old retired schoolteacher from Los Angeles feels things are going in the wrong direction and explained she was troubled by how chosen of Trump s actions have defied norms and may impact social safety net programs My major concern is the disregard for the Constitution and the law and then also the level of cronyism stated Covarrubias who is an independent voter The people at the top are just grifting and taking and then there s the rest of us More likely to prioritize immigration There are signs in the poll that Trump s tough immigration approach may be alienating particular Latino adults Over the past sparse months the president has doubled down on his pledge of mass deportations with escalating crackdowns in Latino neighborhoods in cities including Chicago The poll ascertained that in general Latino adults are more likely to say immigration is an key issue to them personally About two-thirds prioritize immigration compared with about in white adults and about half of Black adults And although their views on immigration enforcement aren t uniform Latino adults are much less likely than U S adults overall to favor deporting all immigrants living in the U S illegally About one-quarter encouragement this approach the new poll ascertained while roughly half of them are opposed and the rest don t have an opinion Among U S adults overall about in favor deporting all immigrants in the U S illegally while are opposed and about in don t have an opinion Rick Alvarado a Republican who lives in San Diego says he still supports Trump and praised his actions to cut community spending Alvarado a property manager is behind Trump s immigration crackdown in cities including Los Angeles and Chicago saying he believes specific immigrants are involved in organized crime But he added that he would like to see a resolution for those without criminal records to obtain legal residency status The people who are productive should have a pathway to stay here somehow Alvarado mentioned The AP-NORC poll of adults was conducted Oct - using a sample drawn from NORC s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel which is designed to be representative of the U S population The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus percentage points The margin of sampling error for Latino adults overall is plus or minus percentage points