According to a new poll of registered Latino voters, more Hispanics think the United States is heading in the wrong direction than previously.

The poll was conducted by NBC, Wall Street Journal and Telemundo.

Of the surveyed participants, 56 percent of Latino voters "think things are off on the wrong track," as reported by NBC, compared to 42 percent in April 2013.

In addition, 47 percent of Latino voters feel "very positive" about President Barack Obama's leadership. This is a decline from April 2013, when 62 percent of Latino voters approved of the president.

Hispanic voters are also starting to become more pessimistic about the economy. In October 2012, more than half of Latinos surveyed said they believe the economy would improve within the next year. In the latest NBC/WSJ/Telemundo poll, only 30 percent of participants said the same.

When it comes to political parties, just 13 percent felt "very positive" about the Democratic Party, while 11 percent approve of the Republican Party. More than 60 percent of Latino voters would rather see the Democratic Party in control of Congress. Twenty-eight percent would rather see the Republican Party dominate.

In terms of political issues, 53 percent of Latino voters said they think Democrats care about women's issues. Eleven percent said the same about Republicans.

Meanwhile, 41 percent of participants said they think the Democratic Party is working toward their interests regarding immigration, versus 19 percent in favor of the Republican Party's stance on immigration.

Interestingly enough, 35 percent of Hispanics said they felt positively about Democrat Hillary Clinton, versus 8 percent for Republican Jeb Bush and 6 percent for Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (all three have been named as potential 2016 presidential candidates).

According to WSJ, the complete survey, which also examined non-Latino voters, spoke to 1,000 registered voters and was conducted from Sept. 3 to 7. It has a reported margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

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