Throughout this week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland Latino Decisions, Latino Victory Project, and Fusion are releasing daily poll results evaluating how Latino voters are reacting to the convention. Each day’s online poll consists of Spanish and English surveys of 300 registered Latino voters and have a margin of error of 5.6 percentage points. [Day 1 toplines here, Day 2 toplines here, and Day 3 toplines here]. The following provides a summary of some of the most significant results from Day 3.
Donald Trump’s vice-presidential selection of Indiana Governor Mike Pence is unlikely to improve Trump’s electoral prospects with Latino voters.
- 84% responded that Pence’s immigration record, including his sponsorship of a bill that would deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents and voting to block undocumented immigrants from accessing hospital care when he served in Congress, made them less likely to vote for Trump.
- 87% indicated that Pence’s support for Indiana legislation allowing businesses to refuse to serve gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) customers and his prior opposition to federal legislation that would have made it illegal for employers to discriminate against LGBT employees, made them less likely to vote for Trump.
The Republican National Convention is encouraging Latinos to vote (just not for Trump).
- 72% responded that watching, reading about, or listening to the convention speeches made them feel motivated to vote.
- 14% indicated that they would vote for Trump this fall.
The Republican National Convention is further alienating Latino voters.
- 59% responded that the convention shows that the GOP is now more hostile to Latino voters.
- 61% answered that the convention speeches make them feel like they are not wanted in the Republican Party.
- 75% characterize the Republican Party as dangerous.
- 74% think that Trump and other Republicans should publicly reject a Trump advisor’s statement that, “Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”
Day 3 and Latino voters still don’t love Donald Trump.
- While Trump may claim, “Latinos love Trump,” 87% of Latino voters do not feel the same.
- 79% have an unfavorable or very unfavorable view of Trump.
- 83% think that Trump makes America more divided.
- 81% view Trump as a bully.
- Only 19% believe that Trump respects women.
