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Data does not support your opinion (yes I know Latinos is only one minority): https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-probably-did-better-with-latino-voters-

Data does not support your opinion (yes I know Latinos is only one minority): https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-probably-did-better-with-latino-voters-than-romney-did/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-probably-did-bett...

maxerickson 10y ago
65 percent Clinton to 29 percent Trump is a pretty strong margin regardless of how it compares to the previous election.
gizmo 10y ago
What point are you making here? That you can find a subset within a minority demographic that voted for Trump? If so, that proves nothing. Just look at the graphs here: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trump... White people elected Trump, minorities rejected him. Fact.
- ErikVandeWater 10y ago
  Minorities always reject republicans. The argument is whether Trump did better with minorities given he is a republican.
anigbrowl 10y ago
Yes it does. The fact that Trump did slightly better than Romney doesn't alter the fact that he still lost big with that demographic.
- googlryas 10y ago
  Yes, but it brings into question the 'hateful rhetoric' narrative, when it appears that minorities did not perceive it as such(at least, based on how they voted). If minorities viewed Trumps statements as dangerous to them, wouldn't you expect fewer minorities to vote for Trump than, say, Romney?
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > If minorities viewed Trumps statements as dangerous to them, wouldn't you expect fewer minorities to vote for Trump than, say, Romney? Not necessarily if they also viewed Clinton far less favorably than Obama; support of one party by any group in one election vs. another isn't a sign of absolute support for that party's candidate, it's a sign of relative support of that candidate compared to the alternative.
    - googlryas 10y ago
      So...just because Clinton isn't as great as Obama, that leads minorities to vote for someone who "obviously hates them"(as per the anti-Trump narrative goes)?

maxerickson 10y ago

65 percent Clinton to 29 percent Trump is a pretty strong margin regardless of how it compares to the previous election.

gizmo 10y ago

What point are you making here? That you can find a subset within a minority demographic that voted for Trump? If so, that proves nothing. Just look at the graphs here: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trump... White people elected Trump, minorities rejected him. Fact.

ErikVandeWater 10y ago
Minorities always reject republicans. The argument is whether Trump did better with minorities given he is a republican.

anigbrowl 10y ago

Yes it does. The fact that Trump did slightly better than Romney doesn't alter the fact that he still lost big with that demographic.

googlryas 10y ago
Yes, but it brings into question the 'hateful rhetoric' narrative, when it appears that minorities did not perceive it as such(at least, based on how they voted). If minorities viewed Trumps statements as dangerous to them, wouldn't you expect fewer minorities to vote for Trump than, say, Romney?
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > If minorities viewed Trumps statements as dangerous to them, wouldn't you expect fewer minorities to vote for Trump than, say, Romney? Not necessarily if they also viewed Clinton far less favorably than Obama; support of one party by any group in one election vs. another isn't a sign of absolute support for that party's candidate, it's a sign of relative support of that candidate compared to the alternative.
  - googlryas 10y ago
    So...just because Clinton isn't as great as Obama, that leads minorities to vote for someone who "obviously hates them"(as per the anti-Trump narrative goes)?