Three in four Latinos have a negative view of Donald Trump and more than half judged his comments about Mexican immigrants as racist, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll.
Seventy-five percent of 250 Latinos polled viewed the GOP presidential candidate negatively, with 61 percent describing their views as "very negative." Just 13 percent had a positive view.
Trump has said that Latinos "love" him despite his comments that Mexico was sending rapists and criminals to the U.S.
Trump leads the field of Republican presidential candidates, with 19 percent support, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The poll of Latinos' views was conducted from July 26 to 30 and has a margin of error of 6.2 percent.
