Exit Polls Suggest GOP Did Not Gain Ground With Black and Latino Voters

Exit Polls Suggest GOP Did Not Gain Ground With Black and Latino Voters
Singer Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump arrive to speak with the press after their meetings at Trump Tower Dec. 13, 2016 in New York. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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President Donald Trump and the GOP have paid significant attention to attracting black and Latino voters, but so far these efforts have not led to new votes, according to exit poll data from elections last month.

Although pre-election numbers showed Trump with a rising approval rating among blacks, the “black wave” of black American voters shunning their traditional preference for the Democratic Party and moving into the Republican column, as predicted by some pundits and GOP strategists, failed to materialize.