I would think Hispanics in the country legally would stand against illegal immigration.
If someone can find a print article about this please post the link.
Full Headline: @Morning_Joe NEW Gravis Marketing General Election Poll: Latino/Hispanic voters went for TRUMP 55% to Hillary 45%.
Jerry Rivers was on FNS claiming ALL Hispanic hate Trump just this morning.
Ruh-Roh Shaggy!
Almost to the person, all my Latino friends are Democrat and are quite outspoken about Trump. There are professionals in upper/middle management. Yes, there are a good number of folks out there that get it and see the difference, but too many are loyal to their people and operate in mob rule fashion. Hopefully we don’t see any more than usual this cycle. Trump can win even with a pretty sizable disadvantage among Latinos. The gap cannot grow bigger, though.
My wife is from Mexico. Came here legally, jumped through all of the various hoops that INS threw her way, became a citizen about 9 years ago.
She is an extremely enthusiastic Trump supporter. Yeah, she was spitting nails with his first speech of the campaign, but she’s listened to what he’s said since and it makes sense to her.
FYI, whenever we go to Mexico for family events, she always tells me that she’s glad to get back home - that she couldn’t take living in Mexico any more. She’s clear that the country has many flaws (and, truth be told, we do), but she knows intellectually and emotionally that Mexico has many, many more.
I don’t think that she is atypical - Trump will, as he has been claiming for quite a while, get a large percentage of the Hispanic vote. It might not be a majority, but it doesn’t have to be - it just has to be about 35% and he wins in a landslide.
Third poll in a week tied. If GOP gets its crap together, Trump will not only win the Electoral College, but the popular vote as well.
Trump should appeal exclusively to working hispanics who are citizens and with legal visas with the following argument: The day 11 million illegal immigrants are given work permits as Dems are advocating is the day when you get kicked off the ladder and lose your job and/or your wages no longer rise because of the 11 million person immediate oversupply in the labor force looking to replace you.
The ONA poll was commissioned to Gravis, which has a mediocre rep, a heavy Republican bias. Maybe they're on to something here, but I'd really like to see it borne out among more reputable pollsters (let alone the ballot box) before I let it get any hopes up. Because pretty much every other poll on Hispanic preferences to date has shown far grimmer results.