- Mexicans' view of the U.S. has flipped from generally positive last year to generally negative.
- A Pew Research Center survey shows that 69% of Mexicans have a negative view of the country compared to 61% who had a favorable view last year.
- Mexicans' views are among the most negative among results from 24 nations, with Sweden even more negative.
WASHINGTON — The view of Mexicans toward the United States has flipped in the last year from generally positive to generally negative, according to results of a survey released late last week.
"Mexicans' view of the U.S. and its president have soured since last year," according to a report issued Friday by the Pew Research Group.
According to Pew, 69% of Mexicans the organization surveyed earlier this year said they have an unfavorable view of the United States while 29% had a favorable outlook. The figures are flipped from a year ago, during the tail end of President Joe Biden's presidency, when 61% of Mexican respondents said they had a favorable view of the United States and 33% viewed the country unfavorably.
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Looking for more news from Utah's Latino community? Visit our Voces de Utah section for more stories, events and features.One of President Donald Trump's priority issues has been detaining and deporting immigrants here illegally, many of them from neighboring Mexico, and one of the questions put to those surveyed related to immigration. Asked whether the U.S. and Mexican governments are doing a good or bad job contending with asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, 68% of Mexicans rated U.S. efforts as "very bad" or "somewhat bad," up from 52% last year.
Mexicans, meantime, laud the efforts of their own government on the border, with 68% saying Mexican officials are doing a good job, up from 60% in 2024.
Mexicans' views of the United States are among the most negative of respondents from 24 countries that Pew surveyed. Those surveyed in just three countries expressed a more negative view of the country — Sweden, 79%, and Australia and Turkey, both at 71%.
Those from two other Latin American countries were generally favorable of the United States, with 56% of Brazilians and 52% of Argentines expressing a positive view of the country.
Overall among those surveyed from the 24 countries, a median of 49% have a favorable view of the United States, identical to the share with a negative view.
