NBC News
By Carrie Dann
August 3, 2015
Three
in four Latinos say they have a negative view of Donald Trump, and more
than half believe that his comments about Mexican immigrants were
racist and inappropriate,
according to a new NBC News/ Wall Street Journal/ Telemundo poll.
The
poll of 250 Latinos found that 75 percent view the real estate mogul
and GOP presidential front-runner unfavorably, with 61 percent saying
that their view of him is
"very negative." Just 13 percent of respondents said they have a
positive view of Trump.
The
Republican presidential candidate has claimed that Latino voters "love"
and support him, citing some state-based polls. But the new national
oversample of Latino adults
found that more than half believe his rhetoric about immigration is
offensive.
During
his announcement speech in June, Trump said that Mexico is "sending
people that have lots of problems… They are bringing drugs. They are
bringing crime. They're
rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."
Asked
to assess that comment, 55 percent of Latinos said that the remarks
were "insulting and racist and have no place in a campaign for
president."
Another
29 percent said that "Trump should have been more careful with the
language he used, but he is raising an important issue." Fourteen
percent said that "Trump had
the guts to say exactly what was on his mind about an important problem
we need to deal with."
A broad majority of those polled also believes that Trump is doing damage to the GOP's image.
Sixty-nine
percent of Latinos surveyed said that they believe Trump is hurting the
Republican Party's image, while just 12 percent said he is helping it.
Sixteen percent
said he is having no impact on perceptions of the GOP.
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