President Donald Trump's favorability with Hispanics has nosedived by 19 percentage points over the past 10 months, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center poll results released Friday, The Hill reported.
A whopping 73 percent of Hispanic voters disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job — compared to just 27 percent who approve, the poll found. The Hill noted that "the results come as the Hispanic population has been targeted by some immigration enforcement officials for stops."
But the poll found dissatisfaction beyond immigration issues, as the Hill reported:
"Some said their discontent was tied to the lack of affordability nationwide: 65 percent of Hispanic voters said they are stressed about the cost of groceries, while 61 percent were stressed about housing costs, and 52 percent were concerned about the cost of health care.
“He was kind of relying on essentially the nostalgia of, ‘Hey, remember, before COVID? Things weren’t as expensive,’” Alejandro Ochoa, a Republican who said he voted for Trump last year, told the AP. “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.”
The poll results are especially notable since it was an uptick of Hispanic support that many attributed to Trump's victory last November in the presidential election — especially as it contrasted with 2020 results.
"The starkest increase may have been the 14-percentage-point swing in Trump's share of Hispanic voters, according to an exit poll conducted by Edison Research. Some 46% of self-identified Hispanic voters picked Trump, up from 32% in the 2020 election when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden," Reuters reported after the election.