Obama’s approval rating among Hispanics drops significantly

President Obama’s approval rating among Hispanic voters has taken a tumble, dropping over 20 points since 2012.

According to a new Gallup poll, 52 percent of Hispanics think that Obama is doing a good job, versus 74 percent of Hispanics directly following the President’s reelection in 2012.

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The study explained that Obama’s drop in approval rating “may reflect unfulfilled promises that Obama made during the campaign about immigration reform.”

Despite this dip in ratings, Obama’s approval rating among Hispanic voters still remains higher than the national average, with 42 percent of the overall U.S. population approving of his presidency.

Since Obama first took office in 2009, his approval rating among Hispanic voters has averaged 13 points above the national average. Part of the reason for this higher approval rating is that Hispanics tend to identify with the Democratic Party.

From January to August of this year, 49 percent of Hispanics claimed to be Democrats or leaning toward the Democratic Party, compared to 22 percent of Hispanics that identified with the Republican Party.

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The majority of Hispanic voters also supported Obama during his primary election and his reelection because of his promise to focus on immigration reform. Since Obama and Congress have failed to fulfill this promise, Gallup believes that this is a leading factor in the disproportionate approval ratings among Hispanics.

The poll was based on telephone interviews conducted randomly of approximately 15,000 Hispanic adults in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.