President Donald Trump has experienced a substantial decline in approval among Latino voters, a demographic that was crucial to his 2024 election victory, according to CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten. Recent polling data indicates a dramatic shift in support, with the group now expressing significant disapproval.
Enten pointed to Pew Research Center data and CNN-SSRS polls from 2026, which suggest Trump, who defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, is facing considerable challenges ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. "He won non-college Latino voters by a point over Kamala Harris," Enten said on CNN's 'News Central.' "That’s a major breakthrough for a Republican president, or a Republican running for president. But that win that he had? Adios, amigos. Goodbye, see you later."
The analyst elaborated on the severity of the shift, stating, "Look at his net approval rating now in an average of polls, CNN-SSRS polls across 2026: He’s 42 points underwater. That is a switcheroo... shifting away from the president of the United States, his support rapidly declining, plummeting among working-class Latinos — a group that helped get him elected back in 2024."
Despite winning the 2024 election on promises to boost the economy and revive U.S. manufacturing, Trump's subsequent actions, including mass deportations and immigration raids, appear to have alienated this crucial voting bloc. Enten described the situation as a "massive, massive backlash."
Data from CNN-SSRS polls cited by Enten shows that while non-college Latinos previously gave Trump a 9-point advantage over Harris on immigration in 2024, his net approval rating on the issue among this group has now plummeted to -47 points. "You don’t see shifts away from a president of the United States of 56 points unless you have done something absolutely terribly wrong in the minds of the voters," Enten remarked. "These are terrible, terrible numbers."
Enten noted that Trump's presidency has coincided with a nationwide affordability crisis, which he has largely dismissed, and a costly war in Iran. These factors, he suggested, should be causing Republicans to "run scared," as these numbers historically represent a significant advantage for Democrats.