President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has increased among Hispanic voters, a new poll has revealed.

According to new polling, Trump’s approval rating among this demographic has increased by 22 percent in a month.

Why It Matters

Despite frequently facing criticism for hard-line immigration policies that target migrants from countries in Latin America, Trump has recently made significant gains in favorability and approval among Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic voters were one of the key groups who proved important in securing Trump’s win in the November 2024 election. The demographic has generally leaned Democratic, but Trump increased his share of the Hispanic vote from 16 percent in 2016 to 42 percent in 2024.

What To Know

According to an InsiderAdvantage poll of 1,000 likely voters, 59.6 percent of Hispanics approve of Trump’s job performance while 40.4 percent disapprove.

The poll was conducted between May 17 and 19 and had a margin of error of 3.09 percent.

This is roughly a 22-percentage point increase from an earlier poll—when 1,200 likely voters were surveyed on April 30 and May 1—that found that 38.4 percent of Hispanics approved of Trump and 42 percent disapproved.

This poll had a margin of error of 2.83 percent.

A Civiqs/Daily Kos poll, conducted between May 17 and 20 among 1,018 registered voters, showed Trump’s approval rating increasing by 15 points among Hispanic voters to 57 percent from 42 in April.

However, an April CNN poll found the proportion of Hispanic Americans who approve of Trump had dropped by 13 points since February,

More general polls have been less favorable for the president. An RMG Research/Napolitan News poll, conducted between May 14-21 among 3,000 registered voters, showed Trump’s approval rating at 48 percent, while 50 percent disapproved. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 1.8 percentage points.

What People Are Saying

Mark Shanahan, an American politics expert who teaches at the University of Surrey in the U.K, told Newsweek: “We’re in a period of yo-yo polling, often among the same demographics, which pretty much reflects the president’s current yo-yo policies, especially around trade. For Hispanic voters, the two policy areas that have moved the dial most for them are the economy and immigration and their positive/negative view of the president can change within a couple of news cycles.”

“On immigration, many established Hispanic-heritage citizens are supportive of Trump’s fairly extreme policy towards undocumented immigrants and their families, while others, perhaps with more recent ties to Central and South America, are solidly against this administration’s actions,” he continued.

He added: “On the economy, it has looked recently as if Trump has rolled back a little from his confrontational stance on tariffs, and markets have settled down. We’ve seen oil prices tumble, and even the price of eggs is dropping away. So, while these may not actually be concrete signs of an improved U.S. economy, some voters are seeing them that way. The Trump administration is still a roller-coaster ride, and it’s far too early to claim on the evidence of one poll that he’s succeeding in office.”

Clarissa Martinez De Castro, vice president of the Latino Vote Initiative at UnidosUS previously, told Newsweek that “partisan patterns seem to be holding.”

“In this early days of the administration, partisan patterns seem to be holding, with Latinos who voted for President Trump largely staying put,” she said.

In April, Trump told Fox News: “The Hispanic people have been supportive of me like no other candidate but certainly no other Republican candidate.”

“I love them, they love me.”

What Happens Next

Trump’s approval ratings will likely fluctuate throughout his presidency. The extent to which he commands public support will be tested in the November 2026 midterm elections.