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riversedge

(69,726 posts)
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 07:19 AM Apr 2016

Trump’s Wall Backfires: Hispanic Voter Registration Skyrockets In The Face Of GOP Threat

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Trump’s Wall Backfires: Hispanic Voter Registration Skyrockets In The Face Of GOP Threat


http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/27/trumps-wall-backfires-hispanic-voter-registration-skyrockets-face-gop-threat.html

By Jason Easley on Wed, Apr 27th, 2016 at 9:56 pm

Donald Trump's threat to build a wall is backfiring on the Republican Party as Hispanics are registering to vote in bigger than ever numbers for the purpose of voting against Trump in November.


Donald Trump’s threat to build a wall is backfiring on the Republican Party as Hispanics are registering to vote in bigger than ever numbers for the purpose of voting against Trump in November.

The Hill reported:

Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials, projects 13.1 million Hispanics will vote nationwide in 2016, compared to 11.2 million in 2012 and 9.7 million in 2008.

Many of those new Hispanic voters are also expected to vote against Trump if he is the Republican nominee, something that appears much more likely after the front-runner’s sweeping primary victories Tuesday in five East Coast states.


A whopping 80 percent of respondents in a poll of registered Hispanic voters in Colorado and Nevada said Trump’s views on immigration made them less likely to vote for Republicans in November. In Florida, that number was 68 percent.

Many of these new voters are in California and Texas, but there are also registration spikes being reported in Colorado, Florida, and Nevada. There is also speculation that increased Hispanic voter registration could put Arizona into play in the fall.

Donald Trump’s threat to build a wall between the US and Mexico has had the opposite effect of what Trump intended. The plan to build the wall has motivated millions of Hispanic Americans to register to vote so that they can cast their ballots against Trump this fall. Donald Trump’s wall is wildly popular with his supporters in the Republican Party, but it is a losing position with voters in the general election. Trump is turning off the voters that his party needs if they are going to win back the White House.

In other words, the only wall that Trump is successfully constructing is a barrier between Republican and victory.





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Trump’s Wall Backfires: Hispanic Voter Registration Skyrockets In The Face Of GOP Threat (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2016 OP
We are all getting ready for Trumpie! Her Sister Apr 2016 #1
I have to say that sarae Apr 2016 #2
By then he will be such an embarrassment! Her Sister Apr 2016 #3
As we knew it would! thank you, rivers! Cha Apr 2016 #4
mornin Cha. have a great day riversedge Apr 2016 #5
The Latino vote will kill Trump in the general election Gothmog Apr 2016 #6
Not surprising at all. brer cat Apr 2016 #7
He'll be handed his hair, I mean hat, in November! SharonClark Apr 2016 #8
¡Vamonos y arriba! ¡Los Hispano-americanos son increíbles! Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #9
CNN just now : General Election has HILLARY 60% TRUMP 33% misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #10
Glad to see the uptick! DemonGoddess Apr 2016 #11
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. By then he will be such an embarrassment!
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 07:40 AM
Apr 2016

Get back to some stupid reality show! Maybe no one but Russia will want to make any deals with him!

brer cat

(24,402 posts)
7. Not surprising at all.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 09:03 AM
Apr 2016

We can only hope it has a huge impact on down-ticket races as well. We need to end the obstruction and have a Congress willing to govern.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
10. CNN just now : General Election has HILLARY 60% TRUMP 33%
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 09:40 AM
Apr 2016

He has the angry white male mob demographic locked up. Same as Sanders.

Hillary has everyone else.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
11. Glad to see the uptick!
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 10:03 AM
Apr 2016

Now, we all have to get out and VOTE against him and if not him, whatever other Repubbie it is!

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