Amidst the most chaotic border crisis in our nation’s history, the skyrocketing cost of living, a housing crisis, and a series of destabilizing international events, President Joe Biden’s approval rating sits at a record low. Biden’s poor performance among minorities – particularly Hispanics – is a crucial factor in his dwindling support, with new polls showing Biden losing to former President Donald Trump among Hispanics after winning them by 33 points in 2020.
There is no shortage of evidence that Biden is rapidly losing support among key coalitions of the Democratic party, including young people, women, and minorities, but these trends do not appear to be reversing anytime soon.
A recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll finds a harrowing uphill battle for Biden when it comes to recovering ground with minorities – especially hyper-critical Hispanics who may abandon him altogether in November according to public opinion polls.
The USA Today poll reveals Trump is now leading Biden among Hispanics by 5 percentage-points – 39% to 34% – after Biden won Hispanics by 33 points in 2020. This amounts to a close to 40-point swing away from Biden, a number so startling it would almost be unbelievable – if it weren’t for the fact that Hispanics have been giving Biden increasingly harsh performance rankings for the past three and a half years.
A February Morning Consult poll found Hispanics say their financial situation was better off under Trump than Biden by 24 points – just six points shy of the share of Whites who say the same thing.
The poll also found wide, double-digit preferences for Trump among Hispanics when it comes to handling a variety of issues from crime to the economy, the border, Ukraine, and Israel. Hispanics are also much closer to whites on most of these issues than they have been in the past.
Hispanics trust Trump to handle the economy over Biden by 25 points – 54% to 29%. This is nearly identical to the share of whites who feel the same way, with whites trusting Trump over Biden on the economy by 27 points.
The same poll finds that despite the best attempts of Open Borders proponents to portray Trump as an extremist on immigration, Hispanics largely agree with Trump and want to secure the southern border. Hispanics trust Trump to handle immigration over Biden by 23 points – 52% to 29%. This number is just nine points lower than the share of whites who trust Trump over Biden on the border.
On crime, Hispanics trust Trump over Biden by 14 points – 47% to 33% – while whites trust Trump over Biden by 28 points, a 14-point difference.
Hispanics narrowly trust Trump more to handle the housing crisis, with Hispanics saying they trust Trump over Biden to handle housing by two points – 40% to 38%. Whites trust Trump by 16 points to handle housing.
Hispanics also broadly trust Trump over Biden on both the Israel-Hamas war and the Russia-Ukraine war. Hispanics trust Trump over Biden on Israel by 22 points – 48% to 26%. This is once again nearly identical to the share of whites who trust Trump more. Whites trust Trump over Biden by 23 points on the Israel-Hamas war.
Hispanics also place much more trust in Trump to navigate the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with Hispanics saying they trust Trump over Biden by 20 points – 48% to 28%. This is close to the share of whites who feel the same way, with whites trusting Trump over Biden on the Ukraine conflict by 20 points, 50% to 30%.
Interestingly, Hispanics trust Trump the most on the issue of U.S.-China relations, and they trust him slightly more than whites do. The poll finds Hispanics trust Trump by 28 points – 53% to 25% – on China. This is slightly greater than the share of whites who trust Trump on China, with whites trusting Trump over Biden by 26 points.
The fact that Biden is on track to lose double-digits with Hispanics according to recent polls is less far-fetched when considering just how poorly Hispanics view Biden’s handling of the country. From the economy to the border crisis to relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and China, Hispanics broadly trust Former President Trump over Biden. Given that Hispanics have historically favored Democrats, this deterioration in support could be catastrophic for the left, and may not be easily corrected.
Manzanita Miller is an associate analyst at Americans for Limited Government Foundation.
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