A new poll has found that an overwhelming majority of Latina voters under the age of 40 in the U.S. view the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump negatively.
The poll, released Monday by American Women, Voto Latino Action Network and iAmerica Action, found 84 percent of Latinas have an unfavorable view of the billionaire businessman. In contrast, 55 percent find his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be a favorable candidate.
While Latina voters hold a negative view of the Republican Party in general, they reserve their harshest sentiments for Trump, the poll found.
The research firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted a national online survey of 800 registered voters between April 16 and 19, 2016. At the same time, a parallel telephone survey of 400 Hispanic women . . . READ MORE
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, found 84 percent of Latinas have an unfavorable view of the billionaire businessman. In contrast, 55 percent find his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to be a favorable candidate.
