Clinton holds 46-point lead over Trump among Latinos: Poll
A new poll shows that US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival, Donald Trump, by 46 percentage points among Latino voters, in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race.
According to a Latino opinion poll published by the Fox News on Thursday, the former secretary of state enjoys a 66-percent support on behalf of registered Latino or Hispanic voters as compared to the New York billionaire businessman having only 20 percent of the votes.
The Fox News survey indicates a seven-percent rise in Clinton's lead since a previous poll conducted in May, when she led Trump by 39 points with 62 to 23 percent.
The poll also shows that 82 percent of registered Latino voters have an unfavorable view of the Republican presidential nominee, while 55 percent of them have a favorable view of his Democratic rival.
The survey was carried out via telephone between August 7 and 10 among 803 registered Latino voters with a 3.5-percentage point margin of error.
The results of the Latino poll are highly impacted by Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and his proposals about immigration and a US-Mexico border wall, which have been controversial issues during the US presidential race.
Meanwhile, Clinton is leading Trump in a national poll released by the right-leaning Red Oak Strategic on Wednesday, with 36.6 percent to 29.6 percent.
The former secretary of state has solidly been trailed by the real estate mogul in the poll throughout most of the 2016 presidential race.
This is while Trump has cast doubt on general election polls, describing them as “phony”.
The real estate mogul has also upped his skepticism about the validity of the result of the November election.
“I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged,” Trump said. “I have to be honest.”
A Gallup poll released earlier last month found that Trump and Clinton are both among the worst-rated presidential candidates of the last 70 years.
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