Hispanic people favor Harris, but with opportunities for Trump: ANALYSIS

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Among white Americans, Trump leads by an average of 12 percentage points.
56% : At the same time, Harris leads Trump solidly on personal attributes, potentially a bulwark against doubts on issues.
52% : Among white Americans, Harris leads by 20 percentage points on physical health and by a slight 4 percentage points on honesty/trustworthiness, while Trump holds single-digit leads on understanding people's problems, values and (slightly) on mental sharpness.
41% : Compared with Americans overall, Hispanic Americans are 13 percentage points more apt to cite gun violence as a top concern in the election, 9 percentage points more likely to cite race relations and 8 percentage points more apt to cite health care -- all issues on which she leads Trump in trust.
35% : Among white Americans, Trump leads by double digits in trust to handle six of these issues and has significant single-digit leads on three others.
33% : Among 11 individual issues, Harris leads Trump among Hispanic Americans by double-digit margins, from 13 to 25 points, in trust to handle six: gun violence, Supreme Court appointments, protecting American democracy, health care, abortion and race relations.
28% : Hispanic Americans prefer Harris over Trump by an average of 9 percentage points across 11 issues tested in the latest ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
28% : Compared with all adults, Hispanic Americans are 8 percentage points less likely to pick Trump in trust to handle health care and Supreme Court nominations alike, 7 percentage points less apt to pick Trump on three others -- immigration, crime/safety and race relations -- and 6 percentage points less apt to pick him on abortion and protecting democracy.
19% : In exit polls, Hispanic Americans favored Joe Biden over Trump by 65-32% in 2020, for example, and Hillary Clinton over Trump by 67-27% in 2016.
15% : This analysis, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, also finds that on several issues Hispanic Americans are more apt than Americans overall to distrust Trump, but not to trust Harris, leaving space for Trump to try to erode her margin.

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