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'''White-lash''' is a play of words on the term backlash. It has been used by liberals who wrongly think that conservatives are motivated by racial prejudices, with [[CNN]] commentator [[Van Jones]] arguing it was racist white Americans that revolted against the [[Democratic Party]] and voted for [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]]s.
 
'''White-lash''' is a play of words on the term backlash. It has been used by liberals who wrongly think that conservatives are motivated by racial prejudices, with [[CNN]] commentator [[Van Jones]] arguing it was racist white Americans that revolted against the [[Democratic Party]] and voted for [[Donald Trump]] in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]]s.
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President-elect Trump‘s unexpected victory on 8 November 2016 was summed up as “whitelash” by the CNN commentator, who argued that racism played in the election’s outcome:{{cquote|
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President-elect Trump's unexpected victory on 8 November 2016 was summed up as “whitelash” by the CNN commentator, who argued that racism played in the election's outcome:{{cquote|
 
“This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country, it was a white-lash against a black president, in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”<ref>[http://globalnews.ca/news/3057638/explaining-white-lash-and-how-it-helped-donald-trumps-win/ Explaining ‘white-lash’ and how it helped Donald Trump’s win]</ref>}}
 
“This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country, it was a white-lash against a black president, in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”<ref>[http://globalnews.ca/news/3057638/explaining-white-lash-and-how-it-helped-donald-trumps-win/ Explaining ‘white-lash’ and how it helped Donald Trump’s win]</ref>}}
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==Latinos for Trump==
 
==Latinos for Trump==
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CNN’s exit poll found that 65% of Latinos voted for Clinton while 29% cast their votes for Trump. In 2012 Barack Obama won 71% of the Latino vote and Mitt Romney won 27%.
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CNN's exit poll found that 65% of Latinos voted for Clinton while 29% cast their votes for Trump. In 2012 Barack Obama won 71% of the Latino vote and Mitt Romney won 27%.
 
<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/latino-vote-donald-trump-what-happened-florida Did Latinos tip Trump over the edge? Experts dispute what happened ]</ref>
 
<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/latino-vote-donald-trump-what-happened-florida Did Latinos tip Trump over the edge? Experts dispute what happened ]</ref>
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The number crunching site [[FiveThirtyEight]] said Latino voters may have tilted Florida’s 29 electoral college votes in favor of the Republican Party:{{cquote|Trump’s margin among Latino voters in Florida, though thinner than it has been for Republican candidates in past races, likely helped him win that critical state.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/latino-vote-donald-trump-what-happened-florida Did Latinos tip Trump over the edge? Experts dispute what happened]</ref>}}
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The number crunching site [[FiveThirtyEight]] said Latino voters may have tilted Florida's 29 electoral college votes in favor of the Republican Party:{{cquote|Trump’s margin among Latino voters in Florida, though thinner than it has been for Republican candidates in past races, likely helped him win that critical state.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/latino-vote-donald-trump-what-happened-florida Did Latinos tip Trump over the edge? Experts dispute what happened]</ref>}}
    
==Blacks for Trump==
 
==Blacks for Trump==
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