The Hill
By Ben Kamisar
August 25, 2015
Hispanics
hold a resoundingly negative view of Donald Trump, but that perspective
hasn’t trickled down to have an impact on the rest of the Republican
presidential field.
Trump
has a net favorability rating of negative 51 percentage points — the
result of a 14 percent favorable rating and a 65 percent unfavorable
rating — according to a
Gallup poll released Tuesday. That’s more than seven times worse than
the next-lowest candidates, Sen. Ted Cruz and former Gov. Rick Perry,
both Texas Republicans. They each have a rating of negative 7.
The
finding is the latest indication of Trump’s low support among Hispanics
after he has made a number of controversial comments about immigrants.
The polls suggest that
the rest of GOP candidates are not sharing the blame for his
statements, but some GOP strategists worry that Trump could hurt the
party’s chances of keeping a Senate majority in 2016.
Former
Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.) posts the best favorability score among Hispanics
of his GOP presidential rivals, with a net rating of 11. Bush's wife is
Mexican-American,
and he has taken a more moderate position on immigration issues than
his rivals have. Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) follows Bush, with a net rating
of 5. Former New York Gov. George Pataki, businesswoman Carly Fiorina,
retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Gov. Scott
Walker are the only other GOP candidates with net positive scores.
Gallup
calculates net favorability ratings by subtracting the percentage of
people who view a candidate unfavorably from the percentage of people
who view him or her favorably.
The
polling firm also noted that the numbers released Tuesday were
collected before some Hispanic groups began criticizing Bush over his
use of the controversial term
“anchor baby” to describe people who come to America illegally so that
their children can be born American citizens.
On
the other side of the aisle, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton
holds a wide lead in favorability among Hispanics. Clinton’s net rating
is 40, compared to 5 for
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Hispanics have a slightly negative view of
former Gov. Martin O’Malley (Md.), according to the poll.
Gallup polled 2,183 Hispanic adults, and the sample has a margin of error of 5 points.
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