The massive gap between whites and Latinos in how they perceive Donald Trump
The massive gap between whites and Latinos in how they perceive Donald Trump
- January 22, 2016
- Op-ed by poli sci prof Michael Tesler explains, courtesy of The Washington Post
There have been scores of news stories over the past six months suggesting Donald
Trump’s offensive comments about Hispanics will further damage the Republican Party’s
already precarious position with Latinos.
Trump, of course, has refuted such statements and the harsh criticism he has received
from many prominent members of the Latino community by claiming “Latinos love me”
and predicting that he will “win the Latino vote” in November if he is the Republican
nominee. He often cites poll numbers showing him doing well with likely Latino voters
in the GOP primary.
Trump’s national polling numbers, however, tell a much different story. Gallup daily
tracking polls, which interviewed over 2,000 Hispanics in July and August 2015, reported
that this group holds an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Trump. Indeed, Trump’s
net Hispanic favorability rating (favorable minus unfavorable) was minus 51 in these
summer Gallup Polls .
Likewise, a November 2015 Latino Decisions survey of residents in battleground states
found Trump’s net favorability rating among Latinos to be minus 56. And a Field Poll
earlier this month showed a whopping 85 percent of Latinos in California have an unfavorable
opinion of the Donald compared to just 10 percent who rate him favorably.
Read on, courtesy of The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/01/21/the-massive-gap-between-whites-and-latinos-in-how-they-perceive-donald-trump/
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