Poll of Florida Hispanic voters show majority hold negative view of President Trump’s first 100 days

The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, takes questions from Latino voters at a town hall hosted by Univision on Oct. 16, 2024. (Photo by Felipe Cuevas/TelevisaUnivision)A majority of Florida Hispanic voters believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and blame Donald Trump’s administration for that negative trajectory, according to a poll released on Monday.

The survey, titled the “First 100 Days Bipartisan Poll of the Hispanic Electorate,” was conducted by BSP Research for UnidosUS, Voces Unidas, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and Climate Power en Acción. Pollsters conducted interviews in English and Spanish of 1,002 voters nationwide, and 158 in Florida.

The survey of those Florida Hispanic voters shows that 57% believe the country is going in the wrong direction, with 70% of those saying that President Trump and his administration are responsible.

The cost of living/inflation and jobs and the economy were the most important issues for voters surveyed in Florida, although they gave Republicans a one-point lead, 36%-35%, on which party is best equipped to address those issues. Another 18% said neither party, while 12% said both parties.

Regarding immigration, only 17% of Florida Hispanic voters support deporting all undocumented immigrants, no matter how long they have lived in the United States, while 56% support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have been here a long time.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on Saturday that the agency and state law enforcement in Florida arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a “massive, multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown,” a move celebrated by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Of the 158 Florida voters surveyed in the poll, 49% said they voted for Trump last fall and 47% for Democrat Kamala Harris. Trump defeated Harris, 56%-43%, in Florida, and Florida Hispanics went for Trump by that same breakdown, according to an exit survey of 500 voters in Florida conducted by the 2024 American Electorate Poll of Hispanic Voters.

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