For months now, Donald Trump ’s job-approval numbers have been underwater , albeit relatively stable thanks to steady support from his base, which hasn’t been affected much by perceptions that he’s on an authoritarian bender. But a new and very deep dive from Pew Research Center shows that beneath the surface, the 47th president is losing a lot of ground among the voter groups that fed his 2024 win by trending in his direction.
The statistic that jumps right off the page is that Trump’s job-approval rating among Hispanics has dropped to 27 percent positive and 70 percent negative, with 51 percent expressing very strong disapproval. This fast-rising voter category probably had more to do with Trump returning to the White House than any other. According to Pew’s own earlier study of