Donald Trump secured more Latino votes than Republican candidate Mitt Romney did in his 2012 presidential bid, reports show.
According to a CNN exit poll, Trump won 29 percent of the Latino vote, compared to Romney’s 27 percent in 2012. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton failed to win as much support from Latinos as President Barack Obama. Sixty-five percent of Latinos voted for Clinton, compared to 71 percent who voted for Obama when he won his second election.
Hispanic voters represented 11 percent of the electorate this year, up from 10 percent in 2012. The white electorate dropped slightly since the last presidential election, from 72 percent to 70 percent.
