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New polling conducted by Somos Votantes and the Global Strategy Group between August 26 and September 4 shows that Trump's net approval rating among Latino voters has dropped from -11 points in February to -23 points in September.

His favorability rating has seen a similar drop, from -12 points in February to -20 points in September.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 156 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Why gee, 8 months later, the latinos who inexplicably voted for the guy who spat right in their face finally realize he's not their friend?

MAGA voters of all stripes ain't too bright I guess...

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 53 points 6 days ago (21 children)

I think a lot of it comes down to news and education. Every bit of media they consume assured them that Trump was a no-nonsense tough guy who would tackle head on some of the issues that were of genuine concern to them. There are billions of dollars that go into manipulating the landscape in all kinds of ways to make sure that is all they were presented with. And so, that's the basis they decided on. What else could they do?

Sure, you and me exist in a media landscape where that's a laughable joke, but I don't think you can necessarily blame them for not having lucked their way into the same places that we exist on. The white people, who were waving around signs saying "Mass Deportations Now" and then got all upset when it turned around on them, I think you can blame, but I think a lot of people of a lot of different ethnicities and backgrounds just got fooled by all the propaganda that is so polished and professional at this point.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Oh fuck that, quit letting idiots off the hook for being idiots. There was, and still is, an absurd amount of information readily available about how shitty Trump is. If the people you're talking about cared at all they could have found it easily, but they didn't. That's not anyone else's fault but theirs.

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But this was the first Trump presidency. They had gone through it before. They knew what was going to happen.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Attention spans are short.

You see how fast everyone totally forgot about COVID-19?

[–] AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Attention spans are short is a valid explanation, but not a valid excuse to escape blame.

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[–] figjam@midwest.social 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What else could they do?

Have memories that go back to 2016-2020

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 7 points 5 days ago

That is the thing that bothers me. EVERYONE that could have voted in 2024 was old enough to remember the first Trump term.

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[–] jason_is_back@tucson.social 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I realized how stupid people were when I was younger (late teens). I always figured that I had to out think a handful of people to accomplish whatever it was I wanted to do.

Mind you that there are a lot of people smarter than me (IQ) or that have more "common sense" but the combination of the two is rare.

Anyone with eyes should be able yo see how shit Trump is but they don't and it hurts my brain.

If you have any sense at all please run for local office and please push democratic socialist views.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 days ago (6 children)

For the life of me, I have no idea how he ever managed to convince Latino voters to support him in the 1st place.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Latino culture is just very conservative by nature. There's a lot of factors, religion, (family) education, traditions and just how their communities operate. It's more telling that Trump literally has to threaten deportation or extermination to get them to break ranks than his rhetoric for the past decade, let alone prior to that. If Latinos didn't have brown skin they'd be the model republican. And somehow that drives the power center of the party up a fucking wall thanks to their racist views.

[–] ronigami@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

None of that should matter if you have and use a brain.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

You remember we are talking about conservatives, who are conditioned to shut off their brain, avoid any critical thinking and take what ever "good" people tell them as though it were gospel.

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[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

Latino guys in trucks working blue collar jobs feel more like white Republican guys to them than liberal democrats. Only problem is that the gop doesn't think that.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Chickens for McNuggets. The first rule of immigration is shit all over other immigrants.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Any Latino who voted for Trump fucking deserves anything they're getting now. It's not like he didn't tell them exactly how he feels about them for the past decade of American politics.

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They won't be able to vote, so it doesn't matter.

[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

2028 will only be white, cis, land-owning men voting.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And even their votes won't count. The numbers will be mostly made up.

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[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

1.This soon won't matter since the plan is to purge the country of anyone vaguely looking latino. Remember the "homebrew" comment on El Salvador's prison expansion?

2.What kinds of latinos were supporting Trump? You can speculate. At least we know what kind was not supporting him: "Smart people don't like me!".

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Should've been zero to begin with

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Just now? Slow on the uptake

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Little late now, assholes.

...now that it doesn't matter what is approval is.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And this is why Trump is going to create an emergency or declare war before the 2026 elections.

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (5 children)

To all you Latino voters that voted for this pile of shit, especially you Cuban Americans in Florida that should 100% know better..

Fuck you and feed the leopard.

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Like sheep voting for a wolf. I mean he told them to their face " I hate you, you are not human, you are lower than dirt, and I will come after all of you"

I dunno, I probably wouldn't have voted for the guy.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But hey, he promised: if you vote for me you'll never have to vote again!

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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

The leopards be feasting

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Does this demographic also have to be supervised at meal times lest they try to eat the cutlery?

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This just tells us they are just as stupid as whites. They could have seen this coming as easily as whites.

50% of both groups have below average intelligence.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 15 points 6 days ago

It never should have been high, if they had only paid attention. Goes for anyone really, but Latino support was an oddity. This guy was going to help you? Really?

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 11 points 5 days ago

Only -11 points? Thats all?

[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Too little too late

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 5 days ago

It was wild how high it was to begin with. I used to work with such a dude. His parents came illegally but he was a citizen and would basically say "fuck you, I got mine" about all the "wetbacks" coming in. Working with that guy felt like being in the Clayton Bigsby skit from Chapelle Show.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Didn't a whole bunch of Latino voters throw their support behind him?

Somewhat of a "chickens for KFC" moment there, eh?

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 9 points 5 days ago
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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 days ago

Until he and his entire administration is dead and gone, this really doesn't matter.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 5 days ago

Crocodile tears.

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