Trump touts poll that found six in 10 Hispanics say they're financially better off now that he's in charge
- President Trump bragged on Twitter that Hispanics were better off under him
- However, the poll he referred to only asked Hispanics about their finances
- Hillary Clinton won the Latino vote in 2016
- The Hispanic vote will be a key factor in several states this year where Republicans are trying to keep or win a Senate seat
President Donald Trump is bragging Hispanics are better off under him than they were under President Barack Obama although the poll he referred to had a few caveats.
The president touted a Monday poll fromEmerson College that indicated Hispanics are better off under the his presidency but the minority voting bloc was only referring to their finances.
'A recent Emerson College ePoll said that most Americans, especially Hispanics, feel that they are better off under President Trump than they were under President Obama,' he wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.
President Donald Trump is bragging Hispanics are better off under him than they were under President Barack Obama
The poll Trump referred to only asked Hispanics about their finances and not their overall well being
But the poll question was specifically about finances and not about the overall well being.
The survey asked voters if they were better or worse off financially than they were two years ago and, overall, most said they were better off: 42 percent to 26 percent.
And Hispanics stood out as a group who had the strongest belief they are better off financially under Trump.
The poll found 62 percent of Hispanics responded they were better off when it came to finances, while 25 percent thought they were worse off.
The poll also found - which the president did not reference - that blacks had a reversed perspective with only 30 percent saying they were doing better financially while 40 percent said they were worse off.
The poll was also a pushbutton phone poll, which many pollsters see as an unreliable data-collection method.
Hillary Clinton carried the Hispanic vote in the 2016 election, winning 66 percent to Trump's 28 percent.
The voting bloc could make a sizable difference in 2018, however, particularly in several states where Republicans are trying to keep or pickup Senate seats: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Florida.
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Republicans see holding on to control of the Senate as their best way to keep a chamber of Congress amid fears Democrats may win enough seats to take power in the House of Representatives.
Trump has a vested interest in keeping Republican control of the Senate.
If Democrats can delay his Supreme Court confirmation vote long enough, Judge Brett Kavanaugh may find his nomination on trial before an opposition party who control of his fate.
A Republican-controlled Senate would also provide a firewall if Democrats take control of the House and should, for example, start investigations of the Trump administration or begin impeachment proceedings.
The Emerson College poll was conducted July 6 and July 7 with 900 registered voters and had a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percent. Data was collected using both an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system of landlines only and an online panel provided by Survey Monkey.
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