The poll from Univision and The Washington Post has Trump dead last among all candidates while Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming choice of Hispanics across both parties. As the final results came in, Trump delivered his victory speech, thanking his supporters for his third straight win.
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The poll was conducted among 1,200 Hispanic registered voters and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points. The Clinton campaign was quick to refute the numbers from the polls and the Sanders campaign responded with a statement supporting the numbers. Democrat Bernie Sanders comes in second at 19 percent. Marco RubioMarco RubioRove: Republican primary “far from settled” Rubio casts himself as child of the Reagan revolution in new ad Poll: 8 in 10 Hispanics don’t like Trump MORE (R-Fla.) by 30 points with the traditionally Democratic demographic.
For reference the total population of Nevada is 2,839,099. They care about everything else people care about. It’s nearly as if last night, reporters and pundits forgot there were conservative Latinos even though the party has argued that the ethnic group is Republican without yet knowing it since the days of Ronald Reagan. And Republicans have had difficulty gaining traction among Latinos in the state this decade. The media noted that Latinos who participated in yesterday’s caucus favored Donald Trump over the other candidates with 45 percent of the vote. Assuming the entrance poll is correct (a very big assumption) and Trump won 44% of Latino Republicans, that means he was supported by about 7% of Latinos in Nevada (44% of 16 = 7.04).
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Asked if a candidate wanted to continue President Obama’s policy on deportation enforcement for undocumented immigrants, 17 percent said they would be more likely to vote for that person, 48 percent said they would be less likely to vote for him or her, 29 percent said it wouldn’t matter and 6 percent said they don’t know.
