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Polls suggest Texas Hispanic support for Trump is slipping before midterms

Surveys indicate a majority of Texas Hispanic voters disapprove of Trump, and a district redrawn to favor Republicans now shows a Democratic polling lead.

The short version

  • Recent polls suggest Trump's support among Texas Hispanic voters has ebbed since 2024, with a majority of surveyed Texas Hispanic voters disapproving of him.[BBC News]
  • Trump took around 55% of Texas Hispanic votes in 2024, a record for a Republican presidential candidate.[BBC News]
  • Government figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project indicate Texas accounted for roughly one-third of nationwide ICE arrests in July 2026.[BBC News]
  • The 15th congressional district, redrawn in 2025 to favor Republicans, currently shows a Democratic polling lead of five or six points.[BBC News]

Key facts

  • Government figures obtained by the Deportation Data Project indicate Texas accounted for roughly one-third of all ICE arrests nationwide in July 2026, more than any other state.[BBC News]
  • Trump took around 55% of Hispanic votes in Texas in the 2024 presidential election, a record for a Republican presidential candidate.[BBC News]
  • Surveys taken since late summer indicate a majority of Texas Hispanic voters disapprove of the president and favor Democrats by a significant margin.[BBC News]
  • A recent CBS News poll found nearly 60% of Latinos believe the Trump administration has deported more people than they expected.[CBS News]
  • Texas's 15th congressional district was redrawn in 2025 to create a notional 18-point Republican majority, but current polling suggests a Democratic lead of five or six points.[BBC News]

What remains uncertain

  • Recent polling is not an election result, and the outcome of the midterm races, including the redrawn 15th district, remains unknown.[BBC News]

Sources

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