Could it be that African-Americans are tired of the way that Democrats presume on them?
Could it be that legal Hispanic immigrants are tired of illegals?
The obvious attraction of voting for America’s first black president in 2008 and 2012 led to large proportion of minority ethnic groups backing Obama for the presidency.
Polling figures showed that ethnic minorities still looked set to support the Democrat candidate this time round with some polls showing that just 17 per cent of Hispanics and three per cent of African Americans supported Trump.
Trump’s comments about Mexicans having “lots of problems”, “bringing drugs” and being “rapists” were also thought to have done little to garner the support of Hispanic communities.
This was meant to have a lot of significance in the campaign, with Hispanics accounting for more than a fifth of the population in four key swing states including Florida.
Again, things didn’t go as well for Clinton as she would have hoped. Exit polls show that Clinton’s support among Hispanic voters was just 65 per cent, down from Obama’s 71 per cent in 2012 while among black voters support was down from 93 per cent to 88 per cent.
Meanwhile support among Hispanic voters was actually higher for Trump, at 29 per cent, compared to the 27 per cent Romney secured four years ago.