Donald Trump enjoys telling his supporters that Hispanic voters “love” him, but a new survey by Pew Research Center strongly suggests otherwise.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee trails Clinton by more than 40 percentage points (66 to 24 percent) among registered Hispanic voters, putting him in a nearly identical position to where former Republican presidential nominee John McCain stood against then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in 2008.
Among voters ages 18-35, who comprise 44 percent of the Hispanic electorate, Clinton leads Trump 71 to 19 percent. The former secretary of state also carries a 39-point edge over Trump among older Hispanic voters.
Hispanic men and women were both far more likely to support Clinton than her Republican opponent as well. The Democratic hopeful carries her widest lead over Trump (80 to 11 percent) among bilingual voters and those who are more likely to speak Spanish in their homes.
That gap closes significantly among English-dominant Hispanics, who favored Clinton to Trump 48 to 41 percent.
On 12 separate issues — ranging from which candidate is better on gun policy to who would do a better job reducing the influence of money in politics — respondents consistently said Clinton was better suited to handle them than Trump.
Trump performed the worst against Clinton when Hispanics were asked which candidate should be trusted to handle race relations (only 14 percent said Trump) and who would do a better job dealing with healthcare (Clinton +54).
The PRC survey of 1,655 registered U.S. voters was conducted June 15-26.
