President Joe Biden’s campaign may have seen some recent good signs in polls that have shown positive shifts for the incumbent against former President Donald Trump after many unsettling numbers over a long period of time.
But a recent survey shows more signs the Democratic Party’s traditional base could be slipping away because of immigration.
Roughly two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of how Biden is handling border security, including about 4 in 10 Democrats, 55% of Black adults and 73% of Hispanic adults, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in March.
A recent Pew Research Center poll found that 45% of Americans described the situation as a crisis, while another 32% said it was a major problem.
Immigration will almost certainly be one of the central issues in November’s election, with both sides spending the next six months trying to paint the other as wrong on border security.
The president’s reelection campaign recently launched a $30 million ad campaign targeting Latino audiences in key swing states that includes a digital ad in English and Spanish highlighting Trump’s past description of Mexican immigrants as “criminals” and “rapists.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stories by Matt Arco
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