The Latino vote in presidential elections, 2008- 2016 Presidentalcandidate preference 2016 Source: Based on exit polls conducted by Edison Researchfor the Nations Election Pool. as reported by CNN Data from prioryears
Hillary Clinton won 66% of Latino voters on Election Day, according to updated National Election Pool exit poll data, a level of Democratic support similar to 2008, when 67% of Hispanics backed Barack Obama. However, Clinton’s share of the Latino vote was lower than in 2012, when 71% of Latinos voted to re-elect Obama.
While Clinton underperformed among Latinos compared with 2012, Republican Donald Trump won 28% of the Latino vote, a similar share to 2012, when Mitt Romney won 27%, and to 2008, when John McCain won 31%, according to exit polls. (It is important to note that the national exit poll is a survey with an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points for the national result.)
The Latino vote in presidential  | elections, 2008- 2016  | Presidentalcandidate preference  | 2016  | Clinton  | Trump  | 66  | 28  | 2012  | Obama  | Romney  | 27  | 2008  | Obama  | McCain  | 67  | 31  | Source: Based on exit polls conducted by Edison Researchfor the  | Nations Election Pool. as reported by CNN Data from prioryears  | from national exit polls  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 