Poll shows Trump, Republicans have not gained Latino support
Source: NBC News
The poll found that 56 percent of Latinos who voted for Republicans in the past agree that it is hard to support Republican candidates right now.
June 25, 2019, 2:58 PM EDT
By Stephen Nuño-Pérez and Suzanne Gamboa
The same day Republicans launched their "Latinos for Trump" initiative in Florida to try to chip away at Democrats' support from Latinos, a poll from a major Latino advocacy group held a warning for the GOP.
The poll commissioned by UnidosUS, the nation's largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, formerly known as National Council of La Raza, found that 56 percent of Latinos who voted for Republicans in the past agree that it is hard to support Republican candidates right now. Of all those polled, 37 percent said they had voted for a Republican in the past.
The poll shows that support for the GOP is eroding, Clarissa Martínez-de-Castro, UnidosUS deputy vice president for policy and advocacy, said in a press release.
While the president claims Latino support is growing, that is not based in reality. In fact, he has brought down the overall likability of the entire party," she said later in a conference call to discuss the poll results.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/poll-shows-trump-republicans-have-not-gained-latino-support-n1021431?cid=public-rss_20190625
Thekaspervote
(32,754 posts)importDavid
(219 posts)Excellent news!
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Gothmog
(145,107 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)So no rant here.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)The Latino vote dynamic is changing for the better.
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)Pence said the Latinos for Trump group was "one of the most important coalitions of the 2020 campaign."
"I promise, from the first day of this administration, President Trump has been fighting for the values that are really synonymous with Hispanic and Latino Americans hard work, faith, family, freedom, educational choice and the American Dream," Pence said at the rally.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)Less about building an actual voter coalition with latinos and more about keeping some of his softer white supporters when they start feeling funny and asking, "are we the baddies?"
Kind of Blue
(8,709 posts)when invested in ideology.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)....and yes, they are the baddies.
llmart
(15,536 posts)Why any Latino would vote for a Republican is beyond me.
eezapata
(35 posts)no shit, time to kick me out of office.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)where should I file this one? Oh, yes. The "no shit, sherlock" file. That's where it belongs.