A new poll has revealed President Donald Trump has strong support from Hispanic voters.
According to Newsweek, Trump’s approval rating increased by 22% over the past month, which is unsurprising given the president’s approval rating among Hispanics grew from 16% in 2016 to 42% in 2024, helping him win the presidential election.
The InsiderAdvantage poll of 1,000 voters conducted between May 17 and 19 with a margin of error of 3.09%, showed 59.6% of Hispanics approve of Trump and his performance compared to 40.4% who disapprove.
Another poll of 1,200 respondents and a margin of error of 2.83% conducted in April and early May, showed 38.4% of Hispanics approved, while 42% disapproved. This shows that in just under three weeks, Trump’s approval rating with Hispanic voters has increased by 22%.
A recent Civiqs/Daily Kos poll, conducted between May 17 and 20 among 1,018 registered voters, revealed a 15% increase in Trump’s approval rating among Hispanic voters, rising from 42 percent in April to 57 percent.
In contrast, a CNN poll from April reported a 13-point decline in the proportion of Hispanic Americans who approve of Trump since February.
Broader polling has reflected less favorable results for the president.
An RMG Research/Napolitan News survey, conducted from May 14-21 with a margin of error of 1.8% among 3,000 registered voters, found Trump’s approval rating at 48%, with 50% expressing disapproval.
Mark Shanahan, an American politics expert who teaches at the University of Surrey in the U.K, told Newsweek that “yo-yo polling” is common and can change “within a couple of news cycles.”
“On immigration, many established Hispanic-heritage citizens are supportive of Trump’s fairly extreme policy towards undocumented immigrants and their families, while others, perhaps with more recent ties to Central and South America, are solidly against this administration’s actions,” Shanahan said.
Shanahan added that the economy has begun to settle down because Trump has backed away from his stance on tariffs and voters are responding.
“We’ve seen oil prices tumble, and even the price of eggs is dropping away,” Shanahan said. “So, while these may not actually be concrete signs of an improved U.S. economy, some voters are seeing them that way. The Trump administration is still a roller-coaster ride, and it’s far too early to claim on the evidence of one poll that he’s succeeding in office.”
