Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is enjoying greater support among Hispanics who support him on immigration in the 2024 election than he did as a 2020 presidential candidate, according to a new poll.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Hispanic voters give Trump an advantage over Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Harris on immigration policy, 42% to 37%.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 21-28 found that among the broad electorate, 46% support Trump on immigration, while 36% support Harris.
The poll found that Hispanics, considered a diverse and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. electorate, favor Harris over Trump on health care by 18 percentage points and on climate change by 23 percentage points. On economic issues, registered voters generally favor Trump's policies over Harris's by 45 percentage points and 36 percentage points, respectively.
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A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that Hispanic voters prefer former President Trump's approach on immigration to Vice President Harris'. (Getty Images)
But Trump and Harris garnered equal support on the economy among Hispanic voters, each with 39% support.
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That means Democrats have gained some ground since Biden dropped out of the race. A Reuters/Ipso poll in May found him trailing Trump by 4 points among Hispanic voters on the economy.
Trump's approval rating among Hispanics appears to have improved significantly overall compared to 2020. Polls show Harris currently holds a 13-point lead among registered Hispanic voters. The Hispanic vote went to Biden by 21 points four years ago, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center exit poll analysis. A 2020 Fox News Voter analysis conducted in partnership with The Associated Press found that 35% of Hispanic or Latino voters supported Trump, while 63% supported Biden.
Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump attends a town hall campaign event in La Crosse, Wisconsin on August 29, 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
According to Reuters, Census Bureau data shows that Hispanics will make up about 14% of voting-age Americans in 2022, up from 9% between 2005 and 2009.
Vice President Harris addresses union workers at a campaign event at Northwestern High School in Detroit on September 2, 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“The Hispanic vote is probably the most pure swing vote group in America right now and will remain that way for a long time to come,” Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist who advised Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign, told Reuters.
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“Hispanics have historically been strong Democrats, so Trump being neck and neck with Harris on the economy should be seen as a win for him,” said Giancarlo Sopo, a Republican strategist who ran media outreach to Hispanic voters in 2020.
