The popularity of the president of USA, Donald Trumpamong Latin voters, it is not only going down, but is collapsing at a much more accelerated pace than among the general population. If this trend continues, it could be a big problem for Trump and his republican party in next year’s intermediate elections.
A new PEW Research Center survey shows that the approval index to Trump Among Hispanics has fallen from 46% in the November elections to 27% currently. Another CNN survey places Latin support to Trump in 28%, while a Yougov/Economist survey places it by 32%. In comparison, surveys show that support for Trump Between the American general population it ranges between 40% and 44%.
Even in Florida, which has become a republican bastion in recent years, 61% of Hispanic voters, many of them Cuban and Venezuelans, disapprove of the president, according to a survey of United.org. Hispanics from all over the country have been disproportionately beaten by the weakening of the economy since Trump He began his commercial war. Many Latinos work in agriculture, construction and other low -wage jobs. That means that they can’t save much to deal with economic downs.
The Vice President of United, Clarissa Martínez de Castro, told me that Latinos consider inflation, low wages, the cost of housing, health expenses and immigration, in that order, their main concerns.
Many Hispanics voted for Trump With the hope that it would reduce food prices, and are now disappointed by the lack of results, Martínez de Castro told me.
To worsen things, many Latinos who work in restaurants and hotels are affected by the fall of international tourism since Trump He announced his tariffs.
The number of Canadian tourists, for example, has plummeted, because many Canadians are furious not only because of the tariffs of Trumpbut also for his statements proposing to convert Canada to “state number 51 of USA”
In addition, for what I see in Miami, some Cubans, Venezuelans and Central Americans who until recently supported Trump They are now outraged by their indiscriminate deportations. Many of them applauded at the time the promises of Trump of deporting criminals and even undocumented, but they never believed that they would deport people who were legally in the country.
Now, many Hispanics with American citizenship have relatives or acquaintances who were temporarily residence or requesting political asylum, and the government of Trump He has sent them deportation orders. Others find no employees for their small businesses, or babysitters for their children, or caregivers for their elderly parents.
In addition, new headlines about immigrant deportations appear almost daily that, unlike TrumpThey were never convicted of any crime, but have been deported to Cuba, Venezuela or El Salvador. Heidy Sánchez, for example, a 44 -year -old mother from Tampa, married to an American citizen, was separated from her 1 year daughter and deported to Cuba on April 24. “It’s a fairly sad situation, and I would say unnecessary,” Miami Archbishop told me, Thomas Wenski. “The vast majority of immigrants are good people, who are here only to make a living and contribute to the welfare of the country.”
In addition to everything, Trump He said that immigrants “are poisoning the blood of our country,” and recently renamed the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America”, and declared their intention that USA Resume control of the Panama Canal.
Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi told me that it will be very difficult for Trump can reconquer the Latin voters who are losing.
“He would have to reverse everything that constitutes the basis of his identity, which would lead to a rebellion of his political base,” Amandi told me. “It’s unlikely to do that.”
I agree. If the Democrats concentrate on the economy and do not make their mistake of 2024 to embrace a progressive agenda ‘Woke’, it is likely that many Latinos tell “goodbye” to the Republicans in 2026.
–Glossado and edited–
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