New survey finds rising pessimism among U.S. Hispanics

BY FERNANDA FIGUEROA As the first year of President Donald Trump s second term comes to a close two new polls from the Pew Research Center find that Hispanic adults are increasingly unhappy with the way his administration is handling the financial market and immigration issues that were key for voters during last year s referendum Related Articles White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges strength care fix Sudan s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal calling it the worst yet August trial set in development challenging Miami land transfer for Trump s presidential library Trump administration plan to reduce access to specific novice loans angers nurses wellness care groups Lawmakers question legality of Perimeter Patrol license plate reader undertaking The surveys of more than Hispanic adults in the U S conducted in October and September discovered that a year after Trump eroded the Democrats traditional advantage with Latino voters bulk Hispanic adults are feeling worse about their place in the country and they re more likely to be worried that they or someone close to them could be deported than they were earlier this year Declining approval of Trump About two-thirds of Hispanic adults overall disapprove of the Trump administration s approach to immigration while say his economic policies have made conditions worse Hispanic voters shifted toward Trump in the ballot though a majority still backed Democrat Kamala Harris According to AP VoteCast of Hispanic voters nationally supported Trump up from in the presidential referendum which he lost to Democrat Joe Biden The vast majority of Hispanics who published voting for Trump in approve of the president s job performance although that s declined from at the start of his second term Nearly all Hispanic Harris voters disapprove of Trump s performance Pew s findings echo an October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Residents Affairs Research which ascertained that of Hispanic adults have a somewhat or very favorable view of Trump down from in an AP-NORC poll conducted just before the Republican took office in January The shift in opinion underscores how worried and dissatisfied a multitude of Hispanic adults feel Although countless Hispanic voters were motivated by economic concerns in last year s voting modern polls indicate that Hispanic adults continue to feel higher financial stress than Americans overall Hispanic voters made up of the electorate in according to AP VoteCast and the number of eligible Hispanic voters has been growing rapidly in fresh decades Rising anxiety about Hispanics place in the U S About two-thirds of Hispanic adults say the situation for Hispanics in the U S is worse than it was a year ago That s higher than in during Trump s first term when thought U S Hispanics situation had worsened over the past year Similarly about in Hispanic adults say Trump s policies harm more than help them These views are more negative than in when about in disclosed the first Trump administration s policies were more harmful to Hispanics than helpful The Hispanics who are Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party overwhelmingly think U S Hispanics are worse off as a group than they were a year ago but so do of Hispanic Republicans and Republican-leaners Broad worries about immigration enforcement Over the past sparse months Hispanic communities have been a target of the president s hard-line immigration tactics Nowadays of Latinos adults are immigrants numbering million according to a Pew analysis of U S Census Bureau estimates from the American Locality Survey Amid the heightened enforcement of Hispanic adults say they worry a lot or various that they a family member or a close friend could be deported This is up from in March The tough immigration milieu has also affected the way a few Hispanic adults live their everyday lives with saying they have in recent times changed their daily exercises because they think they ll be questioned to prove their legal status and saying they carry documents proving their citizenship or immigration status more often than they normally would The Pew Research Center survey of U S adults including Hispanics was conducted Oct - using samples drawn from the probability-based American Trends Panel and SSRS Opinion Panel A second survey of U S adults including Hispanics was conducted Sept to using samples drawn from the probability-based American Trends Panel