Hispanic voters are twice as likely to favour Democratic Party over Trump’s Republican Party in the November elections.
Published On ۵ Oct ۲۰۲۶
A new poll from the news agency Reuters and the research firm Ipsos has found that United States President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains at a record low as the midterm elections approach in November.
The six-day survey, completed on Monday, found that just ۳۲ percent of US voters approve of the job Trump is doing as president.
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While that low rate has held steady since September, the latest Reuters-Ipsos poll suggests his support among Latino voters is continuing to slide.
Trump’s approval rating shrunk this month to ۲۴ percent among Hispanic voters, its lowest point in either of his two terms in office.
The Republican leader had previously made substantial inroads with that constituency.
The Pew Research Center estimated that Trump and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, were within three percentage points of each other in the ۲۰۲۴ presidential race, earning ۴۸ percent and ۵۱ percent of the Hispanic vote, respectively.
That rate marked a significant jump for Trump over the ۲۰۲۰ election, when he only earned ۳۶ percent of the Hispanic vote.
Experts have credited the boost in Hispanic support with helping Trump win the ۲۰۲۴ race. His ۲۰۲۰ bid, by contrast, ended in defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
The Monday poll found that Trump’s gains among Hispanics have largely evaporated.
About ۵۲ percent plan to vote for the Democrats in the November midterms, compared to ۲۶ percent for Republicans.
The upcoming midterm is largely viewed as a referendum on Trump’s second term and will decide whether the Republicans maintain their majorities in the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
Democrats have seized on Trump’s low approval ratings, hoping to translate frustration with the president into voter momentum for their party.
A Democratic majority in one or both houses of Congress would place substantial constraints on Trump’s agenda for the remainder of his time in office.
But Trump has also faced rumblings from within his Republican Party as the November ۳ midterms approach.
One Republican incumbent, Representative Maria Elvira Salazar of Florida, released a campaign advertisement last month that addressed Trump directly, saying, “The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in ۲۰۲۴ feel betrayed today.”
She cited Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown as a source of tension. “Some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” she said, pointing to the detention and deportation of immigrants with no criminal record.
Experts have also warned that the president’s shrinking popularity, driven in part by concerns about the cost of living and his decision to launch a war on Iran, could weigh down Republican candidates in key races across the country.
Still, Trump has continued to express confidence about the prospects of his Republican Party in the upcoming midterms.
He has also defended his decision to place himself at the centre of the Republican election campaign strategy. Trump recently launched a ۳۲-day blitz of cross-country rallies ahead of the November ۳ midterms.
“Just so you understand, they all want me to go,” Trump said, denying that some Republicans would prefer he keep his distance. “They all want me to go campaign.”
