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California Latino voter survey reflects angst over Trump policies, confusion on Prop. 50

by Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News September 24, 2025September 23, 2025

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People wait in line to vote at a polling center in East Palo Alto on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. With Latinos accounting for the largest voting demographic in California, a statewide poll conducted by the Latino Community Foundation found that they are concerned about the economy and immigration policies coming out of Washington, D.C. (Alise Maripuu/Bay City News)

A NEW STATEWIDE SURVEY of Latino voters in California shows dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, concern about the economy, and widespread disapproval of President Donald Trump’s handling of key issues.

Yet, the poll also reveals a lack of clarity around Proposition 50, a measure tied to redistricting, suggesting Latino voters will be pivotal in shaping both state and national outcomes in the coming year.

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Tagged: approval rating, California, Central Valley, civic engagement, cost of living, Deportations, economy, Election 2026, elections, Featured, Featured News, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Hispanics, immigration, inflation, Inland Empire, Kamala Harris, Karen Bass, Latino Community Foundation, Latino voters, politics, poll, President Donald Trump, progressivism, Proposition 50, public opinion, redistricting, Sen. Alex Padilla, survey, Texas, Trump administration, voters

Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News

Ruth Dusseault is an investigative reporter and multimedia journalist focused on environment and energy. Her position is supported by the California local news fellowship, a statewide initiative spearheaded by UC Berkeley aimed at supporting local news platforms. While a student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism (c’23), Ruth developed stories about the social and environmental circumstances of contaminated watersheds around the Great Lakes, Mississippi River and Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Her thesis explored rights of nature laws in small rural communities. She is a former assistant professor and artist in residence at Georgia Tech’s School of Architecture, and uses photography, film and digital storytelling to report on the engineered systems that undergird modern life.

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