Poll: Most Latinos feel situation has worsened
By: David Hood-Nuno
Reuters
WASHINGTON - a majority of U.S. Latinos believe their situation has worsened under President Donald Trump, a Pew Research Center poll released on November 24 [2025] found, the first such deterioration since the poll began tracking almost 20 years ago.
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Asked how they see their situation, 68% of Latinos said it has worsened in the past year [2025] while about 80% said Trump administration policies do more harm to Latinos then help them. Pew said, a key reason why they view their position as worse. Trump's mass deportation efforts and a sluggish economy have weighed on Latinos, whose votes in the 2026 midterms could critical to maintain Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
..... "There's no doubt hat if people draw the connections to a particular administration or political party, this could have some political implication in coming elections," said Mark Lopez, director of Pew's race and ethnicity research.
..... Trump's support among Latino voters was historically strong for a Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election,added by their economic concerns and gains among Latino men.
..... Pew survey 4,923 Latinos between October 6 and October 16. [2025] the margin of errors is 2.6percentage points.
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The nonpartisan organization said 1,116 of the Latino respondents were immigrants. About 82?% of Latinos are in the United States legally, according to other Pew data. Pew's results tracked with an October [2025] Reuters/Ipos poll that showed 32% of Hispanics approved of Trump's job performance, well below his overall 42% approval rating at the time.
..... About 70% of Latinos responding to the Pew study said the Trump administration is "doing too much" when it comes to deporting migrations who are in the United States illegally, up from 56% in early March. [2025] But they agreed that some people do need to be deported.
..... In addition, 52% said they worry they or someone close to them might be deprecated, compared with 42% in the early weeks of Trump's second term.
..... Lopez said while the report showed broad discontent among Latinos, the data was nuanced in ways hat may influence voting. The economy ranked as the top issue among Latinos in the 2024 election, and while the cost of living remains high, about half of Latinos surveyed said they expect the situation to improve.