Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is more favored by Latinos over President Joe Biden in the next presidential election, polls say. The surveys indicate that Trump has eliminated the lead Biden enjoyed among Latino voters in the 2020 election.
According to the data of a poll by USA Today and Suffolk University that surveyed 1,000 likely voters in December, 39 percent Latino voters will support Trump, while only 34 percent said they will back Biden’s candidacy. The declining support of the Latino bloc for Biden may be a challenge for the Democrat who garnered a significant support from Latino votes over Trump in the 2020 election.
The survey added that 37 percent of voters under 35 years old prefer Trump over Biden, who had only 33 percent support from the respondents in that demographic group. The report also said that 20 percent of Hispanic and Black voters will choose neither Trump nor Biden but another candidate.
CNBC’s December survey of 1002 likely voters showed a similar result. The CNBC All-American Economic Survey report indicated that Trump was leading Biden by 5 points among Latino voters. The recent survey showed that Trump wiped out Biden’s 7-point lead in the same poll in October. Analysts say Latino policy makers have been critical of the way Biden handled border security issues. Biden’s reforms tried to tie stricter border security enforcement with foreign aid to Israel and Ukraine.
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