Trump is doing better with Hispanics than you think

[okieinpain]

http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/homenews/campaign/296747-trump-is-doing-better-with-hispanics-than-you-think

I've always wondered why the dnc was so hot and bothered about the hispanic vote. they tend to be more conservative then liberal.

[jamese777]

1. Hogwash

If that was true how did Barack Obama get 67% and then 71% of the Latino vote? The new nationwide poll of Latinos shows that voting bloc 71% Clinton and 18% Trump. Mitt Romney got 27% of the Latino vote.
http://www.latinodecisions.com/files/4814/7424/8612/NALEO.Telemundo.LD_Tracker_Wk1_Posted.pdf

[BeyondGeography]

2. Depends on the poll

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/19/1572064/-Latino-Decisions-releases-Week-1-of-their-tracking-poll

He gets 18% in this Latino Decisions weekly tracking poll out yesterday for the first time. Romney ended up with 27%. Huge difference.

[frazzled]

3. I think comparing polls at this point in the race

to final results from a previous election is misguided. Many polls are still "incomplete" (that is, add up to less than 100% of the respondents), and then, we still have debates and other events. Second, to take one poll from one organization (here, Marist in Nevada) is insufficient evidence.

Several weeks ago, Clinton's lead among Hispanics nationally was strong:

Hillary Clinton leads Trump among Latino voters 70 percent to 19 percent, according to the new poll by Latino Decisions, a polling firm that specializes in surveying the Latino community.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/clinton-trounces-trump-new-poll-latino-voters

That said, even if you were to take the statistics given in the OP's article as the final word (which it is not: everything depends on turnout and events of the next five weeks), Clinton is sufficiently strong in the Latino votes to succeed in many of these states.

[MyNameIsKhan]

4. There are second generation Latinos who donot bother about specific issues

relevant to Latinos... they are in the group voting for trump

[jamese777]

5. Latino Vote in Presidential Elections

1980-2012

1980: Carter 56% / Reagan 35%
1984: Mondale 61% / Reagan 37%
1988: Dukakis 69% / Bush 30%
1992: Clinton 61% / Bush 25%
1996: Clinton 72% / Dole 21%
2000: Gore 62% / Bush 35%
2004: Kerry 58% / Bush 40%
2008: Obama 67% / McCain 31%
2012: Obama 71% / Romney 27%
http://latinousa.org/2015/10/29/the-latino-vote-in-presidential-races/

[oasis]

8. Thanks. nt

[apnu]

9. Nice! Here's the stats people.

Its going to be fine.

[geek tragedy]

6. we won't really know until they compare votes to votes

comparing polls to votes is a dicey proposition

[NCTraveler]

7. When one tries to draw a bigger picture....

Yet forgets to bring the paper.

[asiliveandbreathe]

10. Nope - hogwash someone said earlier - I say BS

Here ya go -

Clinton would win among Hispanic voters by 68% to 18% in Arizona, 62% to 17% in Colorado, 65% to 19% in Nevada, and 53% to 29% in Florida, according to the poll conducted by the Democratic public opinion firm Bendixen & Amandi in conjunction with the Republican firm The Tarrance Group.

http://www.univision.com/univision-news/politics/poll-September

or - Univision Latino vote will sink trump in FL.....bienvenida!

http://www.univision.com/univision-news/politics/univision-forecast-latino-vote-will-sink-trump-in-florida