--- title: 2016 Election: Clinton Leads Hispanic Vote in Univision Poll description: 64% of respondents said they would vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election canonical: https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/ author: Jacob Koffler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-16T16:31:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:58:33.120Z article:section: Politics og:title: Univision Poll Sheds Light on 2016 Hispanic Vote og:description: Asked who they would vote for, 64% of respondents said they would pick Clinton og:url: https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b6a4c8f79679da/69885b32f887dce07ce9163f/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Hillary Rodham Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Univision Poll Sheds Light on 2016 Hispanic Vote twitter:description: Asked who they would vote for, 64% of respondents said they would pick Clinton twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b6a4c8f79679da/69885b32f887dce07ce9163f/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clinton Leads Hispanic Vote in Univision Poll ## Video: Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments [Watch (HLS stream): Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8) (1:49)  _Published 2015-04-09. Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics._ by [Jacob Koffler](https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Jul 16, 2015 4:31 PM UTC  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference on July 13, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference on July 13, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo.Charlie Riedel—AP by [Jacob Koffler](https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Jul 16, 2015 4:31 PM UTC Hillary Clinton is a winner among Hispanic voters. That’s the takeaway from a [survey](http://huelladigital.univisionnoticias.com/the-latin-vote/) of Hispanic voters conducted for Noticias Univisión. When asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were to take place today, 64% of respondents said they would pick Clinton. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was Clinton’s closest Republican rival but significantly trailed the Democratic candidate at 27%. The bipartisan survey, conducted by Bendixen and Amandi and The Tarrance Group, found that Clinton edged out Bush–49% to 44%–even in a head-to-head match in Florida. Clinton doesn’t just decimate the Republican competition. While 73% of respondents said they would vote for her in the Democratic primary, 68% said they did not know or have not yet formed an opinion about Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, one of Clinton’s chief Democratic rivals. The survey also revealed Hispanic public opinion of Donald Trump after his derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants, and found that 79% of Hispanic voters found his comments offensive. If the Republican primary were held today, only 7% would vote for Trump, compared to 38% voting for Bush, 22% for Florida Senator Marco Rubio and 12% for Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Despite only 16% of those surveyed identifying as Republican, compared to 58% as Democrats, more respondents said they were conservative than liberal. That being said, only 15% said they would vote for a candidate who is opposed to legalizing undocumented citizens, a stance many of the Republican contenders have taken. Immigration isn’t the only issue important to Hispanic voters: an “overwhelming majority of voters” consider job creation and the state of the nation’s economy, education, healthcare and immigration, in that order, the most important campaign issues. The Hispanic vote will be key for presidential contenders in 2016, with recent projections placing the number of Hispanic people living in America at [55 million](http://www.pewhispanic.org/). Latinos made up an estimated [8% of voters](http://www.pewhispanic.org/2014/11/07/hispanic-voters-in-the-2014-election/) in the 2014 election and the Hispanic electorate is expected to [double by 2030](http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/11/14/an-awakened-giant-the-hispanic-electorate-is-likely-to-double-by-2030/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/"},"headline":"Clinton Leads Hispanic Vote in Univision Poll","datePublished":"2015-07-16T16:31:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:58:33.120Z","description":"64% of respondents said they would vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election","url":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b6a4c8f79679da/69885b32f887dce07ce9163f/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Koffler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89b6a4c8f79679da/69885b32f887dce07ce9163f/hillary-clinton6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","caption":"Hillary Rodham Clinton","creditText":"Charlie Riedel—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/","name":"Clinton Leads Hispanic Vote in Univision Poll"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Hillary Clinton's Top 10 Political Moments","description":"Watch the top 10 moments from Hillary Clinton's career in politics.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L3I0gpwt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-04-09T19:18:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L3I0gpwt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3960958/clinton-hispanic-univision-poll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```