Donald Trump approval rating: Disapproval among key voters highest since April
President Donald Trump's disapproval rating among Hispanics is the highest it's been since April, according to a new poll .
An Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday found 70% of Hispanics disapproving of Trump's handling of the presidency, up from 61% in the firm's previous poll conducted in late August. Only 27% of Hispanics approve of the job the president is doing, according to the new survey.
The last time Trump's disapproval rating among Hispanics broke 70% was in April. A poll conducted between April 13 and April 15 by the Economist/YouGov found 71% of Hispanics disapprove of the 47th president's handling of the job. The poll also found just 25% of Hispanics approve of Trump's handling of the presidency.
A majority of Hispanics (56%) disapprove of Trump's efforts to send federal troops into cities to combat crime, according to the recent Economist/YouGov poll.
A majority of Hispanic people also disapprove of Trump's handling of jobs and the economy (62%), inflation (69%) and immigration (64%).
The recent poll surveyed 1,691 U.S. adult citizens from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4%.
Trump's improvement with Hispanic voters in elections
From 2016 to 2024, the number of Hispanic voters who voted for Trump has continued to grow, becoming a part of his coalition.
In 2024, Trump bested former Vice President Kamala Harris to win a second term, winning 48% of Hispanic voters to Harris's 51% according to the Pew Research Center .
During the 2016 election, Trump won the presidency but only won 28% of the Hispanic vote, according to Pew.
His opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, earned 66% of the Hispanic vote that year.
In 2020, Trump lost the general election to former President Joe Biden but his vote share among Hispanics was higher than four years earlier, according to Pew.
Trump won 36% of the Hispanic vote in 2020, an 8% increase from 2016. Biden, meanwhile, won 61% of Hispanic voters, five percentage points less than what Clinton won.
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