No Joke: Trump Can Win Plenty of Latinos

A new poll of Latino GOPers puts Trump ahead. Way ahead. And yes, there's an explanation, in the fault lines within the Latino community.

Latinos for Trump? Oh yeah, that's a thing.

Keep in mind three points. First, you have to understand that we're talking here primarily about Latino Republicans, many of whom might live in red states such as Arizona or Texas. Those Latinos who are Democrats (as about 80 percent of them are, according to surveys) are busy dividing up their support between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, with most of it going to Clinton.

Also, when you look at the slate of Republicans running for president, which recently got shorter with the departures of several candidates after Iowa and New Hampshire, you have to consider what is behind Door No. 2. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush can be expected to do well with Latinos. Ted Cruz might even do better than expected with those voters. Beyond that, it's slim pickings, and so Trump might not look so bad.

Finally, if it's true that Trump is inspiring voters who feel alienated and abandoned by the political process, then the fact that there might be Latinos who support Trump makes sense. America's largest minority knows about alienation and abandonment. So they are no more immune than other voters to what South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley described as Trump's "siren call." What he's saying and how he is saying it may be resonating with many Latino voters.

A new poll confirms it. In the national survey, which was conducted by Beck Research on behalf of the American Federation for Children, 38 percent of Latinos favor Trump. Ted Cruz got 15 percent. Jeb Bush pulled in 14 percent. And Marco Rubio, the guy who's supposed to be the one who could unite the party and win? Just 8 percent.

There is also anecdotal information, including conversations I've had in recent months with Latino friends who are leaning toward voting for Trump.

There are also the emails I receive from readers like Ernesto Villareal, a Texas Latino who referred to himself as an "Orgulloso Tejano Americano." Villareal wrote the following:
"I have voted Democratic all my life. However, it will be a cold day in hell if I will vote for Mrs. Clinton. I strongly believe that Mr. Trump is the one to turn this great country of ours in the right direction."

Or the one I got recently from another reader named Chuck Castillo, who wrote this after I bashed Trump:
"You never get it, do you? Trump, himself, is not the issue. Do you really believe that Trump hates Latinos? What you should be paying attention to is that so many Americans agree with what he said. That so many Americans agree with what Trump says is indicative that immigrants have lost in the court of public opinion and that's where they had to win."

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ll say it now. Trump, if he is nominated, will get less than 25% of the Latino vote. It doesn’t matter, legal or illegal, its a brotherhood among Hispanics and they stick together. Trump is viewed as a racist among the vast majority of minorities in this country, in particular Hispanics. The Democrats will play on that and get them to the polls en-masse.

There are a few Latinos who are conservative and oppose the mass invasion, but they are very few.

I think Trump will have the most difficult time among the GOP candidates to win this election. He already is viewed unfavorably by 60% in this nation. It doesn’t bode well for him.

we call la migra, too..

Yeah that does not do much good anymore. Heck now a days you are lucky if they even respond.

In Falfurrias they have cut the fuel allotment so much that on a 12 hour shift they cannot even afford to patrol the drags anymore or even keep them maintained.

They may have 2 patrol vehicles out of 20 to answer calls. The rest are parked.

CSO is so strapped for cash from running out of their budgeted money by the first quarter from illegal burials and answering calls they stay parked

It is a nightmare. Texas would be better off telling the Feds to pound sand and forming a Citizens militia to deal with the problem.

Thank you!
Yes, she is - a H.S. language teacher - who speaks 3 languages: Spanish, English and French ...

And she was a blind date!

My friends “arranged” for our meeting at a New Years’ Eve party in 1998.

Then they “conspired” to make sure we kept it going.

We’ve been married 13 years ... My only regret is that I did not know here when I was a young man.

And she is the kindest, most generous and thoughtful soul I have ever known.

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