Former President Donald Trump is gaining ground with Hispanic voters — and it could be decisive for the outcome of the election in November, according to a new poll.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ standing with the key voting bloc, meanwhile, appears to be slipping, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll.
Hispanic voters — even those who weren’t born in the US — aren’t nervous about his tough-on-illegal immigration message.
Despite Democrats’ efforts to scare Hispanic voters away from Trump over his immigration rhetoric, a firm 51% of Hispanic respondents born in another country feel that he is not talking about them when he talks about deporting illegal immigrants, according to the poll.
Among Hispanic respondents born in the US, that figure jumps to 67% who feel he isn’t talking about them.
Some 40% of Hispanic respondents born outside of the US believed Trump’s tough immigration rhetoric was aimed at them, while 30% of Hispanic voters writ large felt the same way, per the poll.
Harris had a 19-percentage point lead over Trump with the critical group (56% to 37%), marking a significant decline from where Democrats have stood in recent election cycles.
Back in 2016, for instance, Democrats had won a roughly 40-point lead (68% to 28%) with Hispanic voters in the presidential contest. In 2020, the party scored a 26-point lead (62% to 36%), per the poll.
