Poll: Trump loses ground with Florida Hispanics on economy, performance
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President Trump speaking to Latino leaders in Miami before the 2024 election. Photo: Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via Getty Images
Hispanic voters — including those in Florida — are drifting away from President Trump over issues including cost of living, immigration and the Iran war, recent polling finds.
Why it matters: Trump's 2024 victory was fueled, in part, by the support he garnered from Hispanic voters.
- But the political shifts come ahead of November's midterm elections, where the Hispanic vote could help determine which party remains in power.
- In Florida, where Hispanics or Latinos make up nearly 29% of the population, disapproval of Trump has reached 51% among those voters, per a recent report released by UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization.
The other side: Trump has "spent every day since his inauguration working to make life better for them, and all Americans," a spokesperson for the White House told Axios in a statement.
The big picture: Out of 3,000 registered Hispanic voters nationally, 67% disapproved of the president's performance and 66% said Trump and Republicans aren't doing enough to address the economy, the group found.
- The bipartisan poll, released May 27, found that 25% of all Hispanics who voted for him in 2024 would not do so today.
Meanwhile, 77% support legalization for long-residing undocumented immigrants, and another 72% oppose additional funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without guardrails.
Between the lines: The survey, the largest of its kind, polled registered Latino voters across 32 competitive congressional districts between April 27 and May 14.
- For the Florida results, the margin of error is 4.4%.
Zoom in: In addition to the president's performance, the survey asked about the role of congressional check-and-balances, the country's direction and whether the government would respect their rights.
By the numbers: In Florida, 72% of Hispanic voters said Congress is giving too much authority to the president and executive branch;
- 68% said the president should be required to get congressional approval before taking military action against another country;
- 54% said the country was going in the wrong direction;
- 45% were "not too/at all confident" the government would respect their rights.
The intrigue: Regarding military intervention, just 24% of Hispanic voters nationwide support recent action against Iran and potential intervention in Cuba.
- However, 50% of Florida Hispanics and 62% of Cubans support an intervention in Cuba.
The bottom line: Hispanic voters across the country told Unidos USA they want elected officials to focus on cost of living and inflation, the economy, jobs and wages, healthcare and housing and immigration reform.