Republican Favored by 33% of Latinos
“Donald Trump’s support among African-American voters has plunged to a new low — and the New York Daily News wanted to make sure the Republican presidential candidate knew it,” Ed Mazza reported Wednesday for the Huffington Post.
“According to the Quinnipiac University poll, just 1 percent of African-American voters supported Trump. That was well behind the 6 percent of the black vote that went to Mitt Romney in 2012, and the 4 percent that supported John McCain in 2008, the newspaper reported.
“In contrast, his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, received 91 percent support from African-American voters, the poll found.
“Ironically Trump touted the poll on Twitter as it revealed a tightening race overall, with him just 2 points behind Clinton. However, the most recent HuffPollster model — which tracked major polls and included the new Quinnipiac results — showed Clinton with a bigger lead, 45.6 percent to Trump’s 38.8 percent.”
While Trump’s comments about Mexicans and immigration have garnered far more attention than those about African Americans, the Quinnipiac poll showed Hispanics much more likely to vote for Trump. In a head-to-head matchup, Hispanics chose Clinton over Trump, 50 percent to 33 percent, while blacks favored Clinton, 91 percent vs. 1 percent. The remainder picked someone else, said they didn’t know, would not vote or did not answer.
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