President Donald Trump continues to face low approval ratings ahead of the midterm elections,with recent polling also showing broad dissatisfaction among Latino voters.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Oct. 5 found 32% of Americans approve of Trump’s job performance, unchanged from a September survey that marked the lowest approval rating of his political career. Among Hispanic Americans, 24% approved of Trump’s performance — the lowest level Reuters/Ipsos has recorded among the group during either of his presidential terms.
The decline comes after Trump made gains with Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential election. The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found Hispanic registered voters favored Democratic congressional candidates over Republicans, 52% to
26%, heading into the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
A separate NBC News/Telemundo poll released Oct. 4 also found low approval of Trump among Latino registered voters. The survey of 800 Latino registered voters, conducted Sept. 21-28, found 27% approved of Trump’s job performance while 69% disapproved.
The survey also showed a gender gap in views of the president.
Trump’s approval rating among Latino men stood at 33%, while 64% disapproved. Among Latina women, 23% approved of his job performance.
The shift among Latino men is notable after Trump made significant gains with the group in the 2024 presidential election, when exit polls showed him leading his Democratic opponent among Latino men by 10 percentage points.
Trump in San Antonio
The polling comes as Trump joins Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in San Antonio on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
“This Wednesday, I'm joining President Donald J. Trump in San Antonio for a Rally to keep Texas red and keep America First,” Paxton wrote on X, sharing a photo of himself shaking hands with the president.
Natassia Paloma may be reached at npaloma@gannett.com, @NatassiaPaloma on X, natassia_paloma on Instagram, and Natassia Paloma on Facebook.
This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Trump approval rating sinks among Latino voters in new polls
