Assessing Trump's Surprising Latino Vote

JORGE RAMOS, AL PUNTO HOST: Al, I'd like to ask you about the Latino vote. Some...some data...suggests that one out of every three Latinos voted for Donald Trump. And among Cuban-Americans, more than half of them voted for Donald Trump. How do you explain this? Why did they do it?

 

AL CARDENAS, FORMER CHAIR, Republican Party of Florida: Yes, yes...I don't know if it was a third but I'm certain that it was a broader Latino vote than what Mitt Romney himself had. That is difficult for me to understand. I believe it was primarily the desire for change, that the Latino believed was necessary, as did the rest of the country. And I believe that Latino(s) hopeful for change voted for someone who - although they did not like him - did not also represent the status quo that Secretary Clinton represented. I believe that the Latino vote for Trump was not so much a vote in favor of Trump, but they instead wanted to see change, and they didn't think that this change would come at the hands of Secretary Clinton.