一项新的民意调查显示，大约45%的拉丁美洲人赞成唐纳德·特朗普总统应对冠状病毒大流行的方式。

调查还发现，47%的人认为特朗普提供了清晰、有益的信息。与此同时，它还发现85%的拉丁美洲人说他们相信他们的地方官员能帮助他们理解如何在危机中保护自己。

然而，当被要求同意两个指责声明中的一个时，69%的人同意特朗普忽略了冠状病毒的早期预警信号，由于他的拖延和不完整的反应伤害了成千上万的美国人，而31%的人说他没有做任何事情来阻止疾病的爆发，他不应该受到指责。

这项民意调查于4月12日由拉丁裔决策公司进行，由索莫斯社区医疗保健公司创始人、民主党前财政主席亨利·穆尼奥斯委托进行，调查了1200名拉丁裔选民。

尽管对总统的冠状病毒传播有信心，但调查还发现，59%的拉美人表示，他们可能会在11月投票给前副总统乔·拜登，相比之下，22%的人表示他们会投票给特朗普。

支持总统的美国第一政治行动委员会的发言人史蒂夫·科尔特斯告诉记者新闻周刊多年来，拉美裔的支持率让怀疑者感到惊讶，尤其是在经济方面。“病毒故事的很大一部分是所需的经济复苏，我相信西班牙裔公民继续将特朗普视为企业家和小企业的有效领导者。”

“唐纳德·特朗普在拉丁裔选民中表现很好，这让民主党人非常担心，”特朗普的竞选发言人阿里·帕尔多告诉记者新闻周刊。

混合的数字确实让民主党人担心。民调显示，民主党人公开和私下都有一种担心，即他们可能无法让拉丁裔选民避开总统和他的信息，可能是因为他能够通过大量有线新闻报道传播他的信息，民调专家说。

“民主党人需要更多，”任命电视简报的拉丁决策创始人和民意调查专家马特·巴雷托说，只有特朗普和纽约州州长安德鲁·科莫一直这样做。“佩洛西、舒默和拜登可以每天召开新闻发布会，讨论他们在做什么，以及他们如何为拉丁美洲人说话，这很难做到。”

2020年4月22日，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在华盛顿特区白宫举行的冠状病毒特别工作组每日简报会上发表讲话

民主党全国委员会告诉记者新闻周刊他们理解总统在有线电视新闻上的优势，但表示当务之急是让代理人在战场州的当地媒体电视和电台广播上向有色人种社区传达信息，他们受到Covid-19的影响尤其严重。

“在我们前进的过程中，试图定义特朗普和他的失败以及它如何影响他们是一个至关重要的联系，”民主党全国委员会发言人索绮特·伊诺霍萨说。

参议员科里·布克和加州州长加文·纽瑟姆的前竞选经理阿迪苏·德米西说，民意调查对民主党人来说并不像看上去的那么麻烦，他认为拜登处境艰难，因为如果他不小心的话，他可能会说一些像科莫这样的东海岸州长不同意的话，但是这和纽森正在推动的事情是一致的。

“特朗普总是会赢得MSNBC、美国有线电视新闻网和福克斯新闻，但他不一定会赢得当地的电视晚间新闻或电台，”他告诉记者新闻周刊回忆拜登上周在匹兹堡当地电视台说，他将“立刻”接受米歇尔·奥巴马为副总统候选人

“你知道谁没看见吗？”德米西说。“一群人在看美国有线电视新闻网。你知道是谁干的吗？宾夕法尼亚州的人们。”

加州众议员托尼·卡德尼亚斯告诉记者新闻周刊t调查显示了拉丁美洲人对他们社区领袖的信任。

他说:“我认为民意调查准确地指出，在关注科学、听取医学顾问的意见以及在实地开展工作方面，地方领导人比总统做得更好。”。“作为民主党人，我们正全力以赴为小雇主而战，这些人被解雇后会得到一张1200美元的支票。我敢说，任何一个共和党人或唐纳德·特朗普都会说，他们是在为那1200美元的支票而战。”

但是，如果民主党人想要为社区而战并为危机提供解决方案的信誉，拉丁裔倡导组织米·福米娅·沃塔(Mi Familia Vota)的负责人赫克托·桑切斯·巴尔巴(Hector Sanchez Barba)表示，他们必须做得更好，在媒体上广泛传播这一信息，让社区意识到他所称的特朗普的“令人震惊”的大流行病应对措施。

他说:“民主党人、副总统拜登和国会领导层必须强调这些失败，并提供拉丁美洲的解决方案。”。“三分之二的拉美人要么失业，要么面临经济困难。民主党人需要在网上和电视上用英语和西班牙语分享他们帮助这个社区的计划。”

ALMOST HALF OF LATINO VOTERS APPROVE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE, POLL FINDS

A bout 45 percent of Latinos approve of the way President Donald Trump is handling the coronavirus pandemic, a new poll showed.

The poll also found that 47 percent say Trump is providing clear and helpful information. At the same time, it also found that 85 percent of Latinos said they trust their local officials to help them understand how to protect themselves during the crisis.

Yet when asked to agree with one of two statements assigning blame, 69 percent agreed that Trump ignored the early warning signs of coronavirus, hurting thousands of Americans due to his delays and incomplete response, while 31 percent said there was nothing he could have done to prevent the outbreak and he should not be blamed.

The poll, conducted April 12 by polling firm Latino Decisions and commissioned by Somos Community Healthcare founder Henry Muñoz, the former finance chairman for the Democratic Party, surveyed 1,200 Latino voters.

Despite the confidence in the president's coronavirus communications, the poll also found that 59 percent of Latinos said they would likely vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in November, compared with 22 percent who said they would vote for Trump.

Steve Cortes, a spokesman for America First PAC, which supports the president, told Newsweek that Latino approval numbers have surprised skeptics for years, particularly on the economy. "A large part of the virus story is the needed economic recovery, and I'm confident Hispanic citizens continue to view Trump as an effective leader for entrepreneurs and small businesses."

"Donald Trump is doing very well among Latinos voters and that has Democrats very worried," Trump campaign spokesperson Ali Pardo told Newsweek.

The mixed numbers do have Democrats worried. The poll illustrates a fear Democrats share publicly and privately that try as they might they can't get Latino voters to shun the president and his message, perhaps because he is able to broadcast his message through ample cable news coverage, pollsters said.

"Democrats need more of that," said Latino Decisions founder and pollster Matt Barreto of appointment television briefings, which only Trump and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo have done consistently. "Pelosi, Schumer and Biden could do daily press conferences on what they are doing and how they are standing up for Latinos, which has been hard to come by."

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing of the coronavirus task force at the White House on April 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) told Newsweek they understand the advantage the president has on cable news but said a priority is putting surrogates on local media television and radio broadcasts in battleground states to message to communities of color, which have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

"Trying to define Trump and his failures and how it impacts them is a critical connection as we move forward," said DNC spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa.

Addisu Demissie, former campaign manager for Senator Cory Booker and California Governor Gavin Newsom, said the poll isn't as troubling for Democrats as it seems, arguing that Biden is in a tough spot because if he's not careful he might say something that a governor on the east coast like Cuomo doesn't agree with, but that lines up with what Newsom is pushing, for example.

"Trump is always going to win MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, but he's not necessarily going to win your local TV evening news or radio station," he told Newsweek, recalling Biden saying on a local Pittsburgh television station last week that he would take Michelle Obama as his vice presidential pick "in a heartbeat."

"You know who didn't see that?" Demissie said. "A bunch of people watching CNN. You know who did? People in Pennsylvania."

California Representative Tony Cardenas told Newsweek that the poll demonstrates Latinos' faith in their community leaders.

"I think the poll accurately points out that local leaders are doing a better job than the president of following the science, listening to medical advisors, and doing work on the ground," he said. "We as Democrats are fighting tooth and nail for the small employer, people who are laid off and get a $1200 check. I dare any Republican or Donald Trump to say they were fighting for those $1200 checks to go out."

But if Democrats want credit for fighting for the community and providing solutions to the crisis, Hector Sanchez Barba, head of Latino advocacy organization Mi Familia Vota, said they must do a better job spreading that message widely in the media to make the community aware of what he called Trump's "shocking" pandemic response.

"It is imperative that Democrats, Vice President Biden, and Congressional Leadership highlight these failures and provide Latinos solutions," he said. "Two-thirds of Latinos have either lost their jobs or are facing economic hardship. Democrats need to be sharing their plans to help this community in English and Spanish, online and on television."