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More than half of Latino voters in the United States, 51%, support Democratic congressional candidates, while three out of four, 75%, disapprove of President Donald Trump's administration, a new Pew Research Center poll showed on Friday.
Meanwhile, 24% of registered Hispanic voters support Republican congressional candidates, 18% remain undecided, and 7% favor other minor or independent parties, according to the poll, released less than three weeks before Trump's midterm elections on November 3.
55% of Latinos view their vote as "a vote against Trump," while only 14% consider it a sign of "support," and 30% do not value the president as a factor, added the report from the organization, one of the main demographic research centers in the United States.
Although Trump received nearly half of the Hispanic vote in the 2024 elections, a record for a Republican presidential candidate, as noted by the Pew Research Center, now only one-fifth of this group, 21%, approves of his administration.
Among those who voted for Trump in 2024, the approval rating is 57%, and nearly two-thirds of them, 65%, will support Republicans in the legislative elections.
Overall, 7 out of 10 Latinos, 70%, believe that the president's policies "have been harmful" to Hispanics, and 61% believe that conditions for this group "have worsened" in the last year.
The main concern for Hispanics is the economy, as 86% considered it "very important" in defining their vote, even ahead of immigration, mentioned by less than two-thirds of them, 64%.
Latinos also cited access to healthcare (80%), education (75%), and the future of democracy (69%) as priorities.
Regarding the economy, eight out of 10, 80%, are "very concerned" about the price of gasoline and energy, as well as housing, while 78% said the same about the cost of food and consumer goods, and 77% about healthcare.
On immigration, following a monthly record of 50,000 migrant arrests in August, the highest figure of Trump's second term, 62% indicated that the government is "doing too much" regarding deportations, but 22% opined that it is "about right" and 14% that it is "too little."
The survey was conducted online and by phone among 774 Latino voters from September 28 to October 4, in English and Spanish, with a 95% confidence level and a margin of error of 4.8%.
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