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stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
1. That is lower than I expected. If Trump gets 30% of the Latino vote, he's not out of the picture.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:14 AM
Sep 2015

This has me worried.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
4. The poll said he'd get about 20% of the Latino vote - compared to Romney's 27%
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:28 AM
Sep 2015

See http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/poll-democrats-claim-resounding-latino-support-over-gop

The 70% are saying he's 'not the kind of leader the country needs right now': http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/us-majority-donald-trump-not-the-kind-leader-we-need . That doesn't mean he'd get the votes of the rest of them.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
7. Not sure he needs 40% but he has 13 months to try to fix that. At 70% he has a shot.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:46 AM
Sep 2015

The main point is, no one should be discounting him at this point. He's a dangerous threat to whomever the Dem nominee ends up being.

kimbutgar

(21,157 posts)
3. There are some conservative Hispanics who are against undocumented immigrants because they feel they
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:23 AM
Sep 2015

Waited their turn and resent those who came here and stayed. The Cubans, evangelical Christian Hispanics and native born Texans are those groups who support Trump and his rhetoric.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
9. From a few of my past customers, I'd say that's about right. (I used to go into homes for ..
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:47 AM
Sep 2015

...computer repair/networking)
Anyway, some of the Latino people don't like the idea of people crossing the border when THEY had to wait for years to become an American citizen.
I don't agree with that but when I would hear that from the customers, I'd just say "I understand"....again, I DON"T agree with that mind-set. but that's most likely where (at least part of) the 20-30 percent come from..??

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