Latinos who backed President Trump in the 2024 election have become more critical of him. Trump's approval rating among the group has dropped 27 percentage points since the onset of his second term, a new Pew Research study shows.
found that 66% of Latino Trump voters approve of the president’s job performance 16 months into his second term. That is a drop of 27 percentage points from where the group stood in February 2025.
The decline in support mirrors that of other ethnic groups who backed Trump in 2024. Trump’s approval rating among his non-Hispanic supporters dropped from 95% to 79%. New data from the Pew Research Center shows that 48% of Latinos voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, a 12% jump from 2020.
The trend also mirrors the downward trajectory of the president’s support from the wider Latino community, slipping from 36% to 22%.policy; and effectively handle law enforcement issues were some of the key concerns for those who are retreating from their approval of Trump’s performance. Trump garnered 48% of the Latino voteLatinos made up 10% of Trump’s coalition, up from 7% four years prior. 2024 was the first time the majority of the Latino male electorate voted for a Republican presidential candidate.
Trump even improved his share of support among Latinas —Additionally, 47% of naturalized citizens of all ethnic backgrounds voted for Trump in 2024, compared with 38% in 2020. In that same voting bloc, 51% voted for Harris in 2024, a notable drop from the 59% who voted for President Biden in 2020. Latino naturalized citizens recorded a 12% bump in voting for Trump, jumping from 39% in 2020 to 51% in 2024.
Latinx voters played a big role in some of Texas’ most consequential primary races on Tuesday night. Most notably, they helped propel James Talarico to the Democratic Senate nomination.the nomination of Democrat James Talarico for Senatethat could’ve help Democrats pick up 10 of the state’s 11 congressional seats in the upcoming midterm election. Critical to the yes vote were Latinos — data from theshowed that the most heavily Latino parts of the state largely backed the effort.
However, the results of this election were ultimatelyCarlos De Loera is a reporter with De Los, the Los Angeles Times vertical that explores Latino culture and identity. He previously worked at The Times as a reporter with the Fast Break team, a member of the 2022-23 Los Angeles Times Fellowship class, as an editorial assistant and intern with Arts and Entertainment and at the Houston Chronicle as a features intern. De Loera is a L.A.
County native and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in history and minored in journalism, ethics and democracy.
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