New Poll Shows Trump Making Strong Gains Among Key Demographic to Lead Clinton
A new poll that shows Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also shows Trump doing something 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney was unable to do.
The Los Angeles Times poll shows that Trump, who led Clinton overall by a 43 percent – 40 percent margin, picked up the support of 30 percent of the Hispanics surveyed in the poll. Romney, in his 2012 presidential campaign, did not make the 30 percent mark, ending up with 27 percent of the Hispanic vote.
Trump’s ability to garner support from Hispanic voters has been an issue ever since the dawn of his campaign, when he made building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico a major campaign proposal and used strong, negative language to describe immigrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.
However, Trump has shown success among Hispanic voters. In the New York State GOP primary, for example, Trump won more than half the Hispanic vote in New York City. His Hispanic supporters say they like Trump’s style.
“He’s very blunt. I’m blunt too,” explained Tony Castaneda, a Texan whose grandparents came to the U.S. from Mexico. “Maybe that’s why I like some of his positions, because he’s not a side shooter. You know, he talks directly, directly to the point. Maybe that needs to be polished up a bit to be politically correct, but I don’t think he wants to be politically correct. We’re tired of politically correct people occupying the White House and occupying positions of government that represent us. We don’t want to hear the politically correct response. We want to hear the truth.”
Other key findings in the poll:
— Trump led among men, 47 percent – 36 percent, while Clinton had a 41 percent -34 percent lead among women.
— Trump led among voters 45 and older, Clinton among those younger.
— Trump dominates among whites who did not graduate form college by 53 percent – 24 percent.
Ever since the July 5 announcement by the FBI that condemned Clinton’s handling of classified material in her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, her poll numbers have fallen. (For more from the author of “New Poll Shows Trump Making Strong Gains Among Key Demographic to Lead Clinton” please click HERE)
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