The Hispanic Vote Won't Hamper Trump Until November

Trump “won” the Hispanic vote in Nevada, the argument goes. But there’s a primary cause to Donald Trump’s reported success with Hispanics.

As long as the election is in its nominating process, the GOP frontrunner will remain exposed to only a small sliver of Hispanic voters. Considered as a group, most of them identify as Democrats, and a majority say they will vote for a Democratic presidential nominee this year no matter what. Then there’s this: The first three states on the Republican primary calendar have tiny Hispanic populations, and the sample sizes of Hispanics who have voted in GOP primaries thus far — even in Nevada — are statistically insignificant.