Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha predicted that “midterms will look better” for the Republican Party with growing support from Hispanic voters aligned with President Donald Trump.
Concha appeared on Fox Business’s Kudlow on Tuesday amid protests against Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“In terms of what Trump is doing with ICE, in terms of deportations, look at these numbers here from, for instance, Emerson: he’s now at 44% approval among Hispanics, that’s up 15 points in the last month, despite all the negative press,” Concha said. “The trends, at least as far as Hispanics, are going solidly towards Trump, and if this holds, with the economy taking off the way it is, midterms are going to look a lot better than some people say it will.”
The poll Concha mentioned from Emerson College found that roughly 30% of Hispanic respondents disapproved of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The poll was conducted on Jan. 22, before a Border Patrol officer fatally shot Alex Pretti, the second civilian killed in the city this month. This poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
The approval figure represents a slight dip in Trump’s Hispanic supporters last year. Trump won 45% of the Latino vote in 2024, the highest share ever recorded by a republican presidential candidate.
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The previous record Latino turnout for a Republican candidate was when former President George W. Bush swept 44% of the Latino vote in 2004. At the time, Latinos only made up 8% of eligible voters. Since 2004, the population has grown more politically active, making up 14% of eligible voters.
Hispanic support for the Democratic Party has dwindled in recent election cycles. Former President Barack Obama received 67% of the Hispanic vote in 2012, former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton garnered 66% in 2016, and former President Joe Biden received only 59% in 2020.
