Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanics since January, a new AP-NORC poll finds

AP President Donald Trump s favorability has fallen among Hispanic 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 supremacy in the balloting The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Residents Affairs Research finds that of Hispanic 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 of Hispanic adults who say the country is going in the wrong direction has also increased slightly over the past scant months from in March to now The shift could spell trouble for Republicans looking to cement help with this group in future elections A large number of Hispanic voters were motivated by economic concerns in last year s voting and the new poll shows that despite Trump s promises of economic revitalization Hispanic adults continue to feel higher financial stress than Americans overall Hispanic voters made up of the electorate in according to AP VoteCast a survey of interviews with registered voters and the number of eligible Hispanic voters has been growing rapidly in contemporary decades Alejandro Ochoa is a warehouse worker in Adelanto California He identifies as a Republican and voted for Trump last year but he s now unhappy with the president He criticized specific of Trump 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 noted 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 sector and immigration Hispanic voters shifted toward Trump in the last ballot though a majority still backed Democrat Kamala Harris of Hispanic voters nationally voted for Trump according to AP VoteCast up from in the presidential voting process which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden But the poll now finds that Hispanic adults are slightly less likely to approve of Trump s handling of the business activity 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 Hispanic adults approved of the way Trump was handling his job as president but now that has fallen to Over the past limited months Hispanic communities have also been a target of the president s hard-line immigration tactics The poll identified that Hispanic adults approval of his handling of immigration has declined slightly since March Specific 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 economic activity is already uncertain because of his erratic deal policies Fel Echandi of Winter Haven Florida is a behavioral specialist who identifies as a Democrat but sometimes votes for Republican candidates He explained he appreciates Trump s views on transgender issues including restroom access for transgender women But he s concerned that Trump s immigration policies leave various people living in fear with negative effects on the financial market A lot of people rely on immigrants to do labor in certain areas Echandi reported 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 uncovered particularly high levels of financial stress among Hispanic adults compared with the rest of the country More Hispanics say the cost of groceries housing and strength care and the amount of money they get paid are major sources of stress compared with U S adults overall Favorability among Hispanic Republicans drops slightly Views of Trump have even soured a little among Hispanic Republicans In the latest poll of Hispanic Republicans stated they have a very or somewhat favorable view of Trump That s a slight shift compared with where Trump stood in an AP-NORC poll from September when of Hispanic Republicans 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 Hispanics and Hispanic men two groups that swung particularly dramatically toward him in last year s ballot also see him a bit more negatively About two-thirds of Hispanic adults under age and Hispanic 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 noted she was troubled by how selected 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 noted Covarrubias who is an independent voter The people at the top are just grifting and taking and then there s the rest of us Hispanic adults are more likely to prioritize immigration There are signs in the poll that Trump s tough immigration approach may be alienating specific Hispanic 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 exposed that in general Hispanic adults are more likely to say immigration is an key issue to them personally About two-thirds of Hispanic adults prioritize immigration compared with about in white adults and about half of Black adults And although their views on immigration enforcement aren t uniform Hispanic adults are much less likely than U S adults overall to favor deporting all immigrants living in the U S illegally About one-quarter of Hispanic adults help this program the new poll unveiled 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 residents spending Alvarado a property manager is behind Trump s immigration crackdown in cities including Los Angeles and Chicago saying he believes particular immigrants are involved in organized crime But he added that he would like to see a remedy for those without criminal records to obtain legal residency status The people who are productive should have a pathway to stay here somehow Alvarado announced