Donald Trump's success poses a challenge to O.C. GOP's effort to broaden its base

Four years ago, Maribel Marroquin began knocking on doors in her Santa Ana neighborhood, trying to persuade more Latinos in Orange County to vote Republican.

It was an uphill struggle in the heavily Democratic area. But the 25-year-old Mexican American college student racked up some victories, including persuading her all-Democratic family to switch.

Then Donald Trump came along, referring to Mexico sending "rapists" and drug dealers to the United States and threatening to deport millions while building a massive wall along the border.

"To have worked so hard and taken so many steps forward and then to have somebody like Trump with his comments come in, it just sets us back a lot," Marroquin said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-trump-orange-county-20160322-story.html

Keep up the good work, Trumpzilla!