New survey shows diverse millennial support for Clinton, not for Trump
A new survey of millennials shows Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton holds most of her current support among African-Americans and Asian-Americans, but it suggests she still has a long road to go in gaining support among white and Latino voters.
GenForward's poll suggests that if the election were held today, Clinton would receive the votes of 52 percent of young African-American adults, 55 percent of young Asian-American adults, but only 30 percent of young white adults and 42 percent of young Latino adults.
Donald Trump, on the other hand, is broadly unpopular among a diverse subset of young voters. The GenForward poll, by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago, with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found that only two percent of young African-Americans, eight percent of Latinos, and six percent of Asian-Americans would vote for the presumptive GOP nominee today.
The majority of Trump's support is limited to young white voters, but even in this group, only 26 percent say they would vote for him today. GenForward noted that the 26 percent support among young white adults for Trump compares unfavorably with a 2012 Pew Research Center poll that found that 51 percent of young white adults supported Mitt Romney's unsuccessful presidential campaign four years ago.
GenForward's survey also found Clinton is viewed as more trustworthy than Trump by every young voter demographic except for young white adults.
Just 17 percent of young white adults believe Clinton is "honest and trustworthy." However, according to the survey, 50 percent of young African-American adults, 40 percent of young Asian-American adults and 35 percent of young Latino adults view her as a trustworthy candidate.
Trump's numbers on trustworthiness are lower -- 8 percent of young African-American adults, 13 percent of young Asian-American adults, 12 percent of young Latino adults and 26 percent of young white adults think Trump is trustworthy.
From June 17-24, the survey conducted 1,965 interviews, in English and Spanish, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and 510 young African-American adults, 321 young Asian-American adults, 511 young Latino adults, 599 young non-Hispanic white adults and 24 young adults "with other racial and ethnic backgrounds" were interviewed.