Seven out of ten Latinos in the United States disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the pandemic of the new coronavirus, according to a survey by Somos y Unidos US conducted by Latino Decisions between 7 and 15 this month. The figure is much higher than the 56% disapproval that the government management had against covid-19 in May and reflects the impact that the pandemic has had on the Hispanic population, which is currently the most affected in terms of contagion. and unemployment in the country.
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The coronavirus has become on one of the most sensitive issues for Hispanic voters who favor the Democratic candidate by more than double digits Joe Biden (who just chose California Senator Kamala Harris as the electoral formula) on President Trump, who is seeking reelection in the general elections next November 3. Among Latinos, Biden has 66% voting intention, compared to 24% for Trump, with 10% still undecided.
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Biden is above Trump both nationally and in eight of the states included in the survey (for which an oversample was included). The Democratic candidate dominates even in states as sensitive as Texas (66% against 21%, with 13% undecided), Florida (55% against 41%, with only 4% undecided) and Arizona (63% against 29% , with 7% undecided).
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On a scale of one to ten, Latinos’ trust in President Trump is only 3.1 right now, down from 3.3 in May. For 77% of surveyed, the president was slow to take action against the coronavirus and his subsequent response has been insufficient to prevent contagion and the death of thousands of Americans.
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The management of the pandemic, however, also has political overtones, since in states that have been strongly affected by the coronavirus such as Florida the approval of the handling of the pandemic resembles the intention to vote. There, 42% of Latinos approve of the president’s handling of the contingency.
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The Somos y Unidos poll was conducted on the eve of the atypical party conventions to ratify the candidates, and shows that 69% of voters latinos They are already determined to cast their vote in November, compared to 62% who had already decided in May when a similar poll was conducted.
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Even so, the results show that there is a long way to go as almost 7 out of ten Latinos say they have not been contacted by either party, which is remarkable with less than 100 days to go until the November elections.
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The coronavirus hit
The pandemic, which has disrupted the lives of Americans (and the world’s population in general), has hit the country’s Latino population hard. One in four respondents said they had lost their job (or that of someone in their family) due to the coronavirus and 17% said they had to close a business or suffer a significant drop in their earnings. income. Likewise, 28% have had problems paying their rent or their home share.
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In addition to the economic impact, one of the greatest concerns of the Latino population in relation to the pandemic is the education of their children. 85% of those surveyed say they are concerned or very concerned about a possible return of the children to school in person. In Florida, one of the states most affected by the coronavirus, the figure rises to 90%.
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The most serious thing, however, is that 38% say they do not have access to the computers necessary to receive education online, and 84% say they have not received technological assistance either from their workplace or from the educational centers themselves. Hence, the possible delay that children may have in their academic training is another of their great concerns.
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The expansion of the coronavirus in the community has been constantly growing in recent months, and already half of those surveyed they say they know someone who has contracted the disease directly and one in four (27%) says they have a relative who has been infected.
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The survey included a total of 1,842 Latino adults and has a margin of error of +/- 2.3%. Some of the questions were asked only of registered voters (1,488) and have a margin of error of +/- 2.5%. The state oversamples included an average of 240 respondents, and the margin of error for each is +/- 6.3%.
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