President Donald Trump’s favorability among a key voter demographic has plummeted according to new polling acquired by Politico and reported on Monday, leading to Republicans lashing out at the findings as “junk” as the 2026 midterm elections draw closer.

According to new polling conducted by a Latino voter group between Aug. 26 and Sept. 4, Trump’s favorability among Hispanic voters has fallen significantly since he took office, dropping from a net-negative 12 points in February to net-negative 20 in September.

Support from Latino voters was credited as being vital to Trump's November election victory.

Mike Marinella, the national press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee, called the findings a “junk poll,” and told Politico that it proved “Democrats have no message, no leader, and no plan to stop Hispanic voters from moving toward Republicans.”

He went on to flatly reject the poll’s findings, even though the results closely mirrored a CNN survey last week showing similar declines in Trump’s approval among Hispanic voters.

“Democrats are desperate to spin a false narrative about Hispanic voters, but the reality is simple: Republicans continue earning their trust while Democrats have been losing it for years,” Marinella told Politico.

While Trump’s favorability with all Hispanic voters dropped significantly during his first six months in office, among key demographics within the Hispanic community the drop was even greater. For young Hispanic voters, Trump’s favorability fell from 43% in February to 33% in September, and with Hispanic men, from 52% to 47%.

And it’s this drop in support among Hispanic voters, argued Melissa Morales, president of Somos Votantes, the Latino voter group that conducted the new polling, that could open a “huge opportunity” for Democratic candidates come next year.

“What began earlier this year with independents and women has really intensified and spread to basically every demographic subset of the Latino electorate, including groups that once leaned toward him like Latino men,” Morales said, speaking with Politico.

“This won’t automatically translate to support for Democrats, but there is a huge opportunity to turn what was a liability into a positive. There is an opportunity here for Democrats to show an alternative.”

The dramatic shift in favorability for Trump among Hispanic voters could also bode poorly for all Republican candidates in 2026, Morales added.

“Voters are really equating Republicans and Trump as one in the same,” she said.