New polls estimate a surge in the Latino vote, and if his name is on the ballot in November, Donald Trump could drive even more Hispanic voters to polls.
"They send the bad ones over. Someone's doing the raping," Trump told CNN's Don Lemon in an interview.
"They're bringing crime. They're rapists," the presidential candidate has said during his campaign about undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
"(If) he keeps talking like he's talking, he'll drive Democratic turnout," said Ross Ramsey, executive editor and co-founder of The Texas Tribune.
Statistics show that 80 percent of Hispanic voters have a negative opinion of Trump, and that could drive higher turnout in November if he's on the ballot. Spanish press have called the effect "El Efecto Trump."
Historically, Latinos have lower voter turnout than other major demographics, but a new survey predicts a 17 percent hike in the Latino turnout, bringing it to 13.1 million people and making Latinos a more powerful electorate than ever.
Univision and a network of nonprofits are leading a new effort to register Latino voters. The move claims to be nonpartisan, but there's one candidate in particular who could lose a lot from a higher Latino turnout.
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