POLL: Biden's approval rating lowest with Hispanics as Dems abandon working class

Hispanics are emerging as the racial group least likely to approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, according to a new poll.

The poll, conducted by Qinnipiac University Poll, found that only 36% of Hispanics said they approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president, compared to 31% for white and 63% for blacks.

When broken down to levels of satisfaction, just 12% of Hispanics said that they strongly approve of Biden’s job performance – the lowest of all racial groups.

Political strategists say Democrats’ dropping support amongst Hispanics is part of a larger working-class exodus from the party as it focuses more on polarizing social and cultural issues. 

“It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Democrats have seriously erred by lumping Hispanics in with ‘people of color’ and assuming they embraced the activism around racial issues that dominated so much of the political scene in 2020, particularly in the summer,” Democratic analyst Ruy Teixeira wrote in December.

“This was a flawed assumption,” Teixeira added. “The reality of the Hispanic population is that they are, broadly speaking, an overwhelmingly working-class, economically progressive, socially moderate constituency that cares, above all, about jobs, the economy, and healthcare.”

Record-high inflation has brought Hispanics face-to-face with the consequences of the Democrats’ shift away from working-class issues. A Wall Street Journal poll from March found that non-whites were more likely to say inflation was a cause of major financial strain than whites.

“Hispanic Americans are not happy because their income is not keeping up with inflation,” Brad Bannon, a Democratic strategist, told the Washington Examiner.

“Hispanic Americans have the same economic concerns that other Americans have, and it’s a big problem.”