Over half of registered voters approve of how President-elect Donald Trump is doing, with Hispanic and younger voters driving his increased popularity, according to a new poll.
Of the 52% who approve of Trump, 31% said they “strongly approve” and 21% said they “somewhat approve,” according to the survey commissioned by Napolitan News Service.
The poll found that 43% of voters disapprove of Trump’s performance so far, with 34% saying they “strongly disapprove” and 9% saying they “somewhat disapprove.”
Five percent of those surveyed said they were “not sure” or neutral.
Veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen’s RMG Research Inc. conducted the online survey Monday and Tuesday, speaking to 1,000 registered voters with varying demographics and political affiliations. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
The survey found that 59% of Hispanic voters approve of Trump. Of them, 26% said they “strongly approve.”
Hispanic voters traditionally have leaned Democratic. But in the 2024 presidential election, a greater percentage of Hispanics—though still not a majority—voted for Trump than during his past two races, The Daily Signal previously reported.
A total of 55% of younger Americans aged 18-35 approve of Trump, the survey found, with 30% saying they “strongly approve” and 25% saying they “somewhat approve.”
In the Nov. 5 election, young Americans 18 to 29 were the age group with the highest support for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, according to TuftsNow.
Napolitan’s survey results suggest that a majority of younger voters now appear to favor Trump. Of the 44% who said they disapprove of him, however, 29% said they “strongly disapprove.”
Trump recently has resonated with voters on certain cultural issues such as whether men should be allowed to compete in women’s sports, according to the New York Post. Such issues may have won Trump voters in swing states, the newspaper reported.
Many Hispanic voters tend to cite economic issues as top concerns, which potentially led to their increased support for Trump this year, according to Reuters.
