Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 50 points among Latinos

Hillary Clinton has a dominating lead over Donald Trump among Latino voters heading into the final weeks of the presidential election campaign, a new poll shows. 

{mosads}The NBC/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll released Monday gave Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, a 50-point lead over Trump, the GOP nominee, among Latino voters, 67 percent to 17 percent. 

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party get 3 percent support each. 

In a head-to-head matchup, Clinton leads Trump among likely Latino voters 70 percent to 17 percent. 

Interest in the election among Latino voters has also increased, the poll shows. 

Sixty-nine percent of Latino voters are “very interested” in the election, compared with the 60 percent last month. 

And 82 percent say they are absolutely certain they will vote. 

Trump’s favorability among Latinos remains low, the poll shows. 

Eighty percent view him negatively, while only 13 percent view him positively. Almost 6 in 10, 59 percent, view Clinton positively.

The poll of 300 Latino voters was conducted Oct. 10–13 and has a margin of error of 5.66 percentage points.