Hillary Clinton’s approval among Hispanics has slipped over the last two months, although the Democratic presidential nominee still maintains a sizable lead over rival Donald Trump in that demographic.
Clinton is supported by 63 percent of registered Hispanic voters, a 47-point lead over Trump’s 16 percent, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Telemundo poll released Thursday.
But that’s a 9-point drop from July, when 72 percent of registered Hispanic voters supported Clinton.
And while Trump is thought to be turning off Hispanic voters with his immigration stance, his position improved over the last two months. Trump’s 16 percent support is higher than the 12 percent he had in July.
Almost 8 in 10 of the Hispanics surveyed said they have strong negative impressions of Republican presidential candidate. By comparison, only 35 percent had “very negative” feelings about Mitt Romney in 2012.
Views of Clinton today are not as positive as they were for Barack Obama at this point of 2012 presidential campaign. Fifty-seven percent of Hispanics in the survey said they had good views of her, compared to 74 percent who approved of the current president.
The Journal/NBC News/Telemundo survey was conducted Sept. 15-20 and included 300 Hispanic registered voters. The margin of error for that group was plus or minus 5.66 percentage points. The Wall Street Journal release did not state the number of likely voters polled nor the method of collecting the data for the survey.
