Hey, y’all! There’s a new poll out from NBC/WSJ/Telemundo on how Latinos view the GOP presidential candidates. Not looking good, right?
NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample of Latinos — who give poor marks to Trump, GOP, per @CarrieNBCNews http://t.co/Pj17zBOU2m
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 30, 2015
Here are Latinos' views on the major political players, per NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample pic.twitter.com/3TY1q8e88G
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 30, 2015
But there’s something a little odd about who’s not included in the poll.
That’s right: the two Latino GOP presidential candidates are missing:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/649227580801949696
It's almost like NBC was trying to project that there weren't any latino Republicans. https://t.co/rIA1hkJ2kt
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 30, 2015
Let’s keep in mind that the poll is a national sample of just 250 Latino adults with a high margin of error, which makes its usefulness even more suspect:
The NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample of Latinos included interviews with 250 Latino adults between September 20 and September 24. The margin of error is +/- 6.20 percent.
But this still doesn’t explain why Rubio, who was polled in the last NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample of Latino voters in July, was left out:
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Our new NBC/WSJ/Telemundo oversample didn't test Rubio — but his numbers from July were 28% positive, 21% negative (+7)
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) September 30, 2015
It gets worse. The poll numbers NBC highlights in their story omit the fact that the majority of those polled are either neutral or not sure yet about the candidate. You have to search the topline numbers to find that out:
Or, in other words, the GOP is not in as bad of shape as what’s being suggested.
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