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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:23 PM

highplainsdem (11,110 posts)

Poll: Obama Tops 70 Percent Support Among Latinos, While Romney Falls To 20 Percent

Source: TPM

President Barack Obama has eclipsed 70 percent support among Latino voters nationwide in the latest installment of a weekly tracking survey conducted by Latino Decisions.

The poll, conducted Oct. 12-18 and released on Monday, shows Obama earning the support of 71 percent while Mitt Romney trails distantly with 20 percent. Those results represent a shift in opposite directions for both candidates since last week's poll. Obama has ticked up 4 points since the previous Latino Decisions poll, while Romney has seen a 3-point dip.

The poll also shows a high level of engagement among Latino voters — crucial to an Obama campaign that is banking on a high voter turnout among its core supporters. Seventy-seven percent of Latino voters surveyed in Monday's poll said they talked with friends or family members about candidates or issues in the last few months.

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Poll: Obama Tops 70 Percent Support Among Latinos, While Romney Falls To 20 Percent (Original post)	highplainsdem	Oct 2012	OP
Ummmm	rtracey	Oct 2012	#1
The main two groups I can think of:	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#13
yay! Keep the good news coming! YAAAAYYYYY	wordpix	Oct 2012	#2
Latinos are under-represented in polling, so look to AZ and NV going to Obama	Coyotl	Oct 2012	#3
I agree, blowout if they get to the polls and seems like there is	flamingdem	Oct 2012	#7
It this margin holds up this map might not be too far off.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#11
I would take FL, CO, NC, AZ, and MO off the map. I see a win for the Prez; not a blowout.	demlion	Oct 2012	#19
Didn't the Dark Lord, Karl Rove say that Romney needed	powergirl	Oct 2012	#4
I believe G.W. got close to 40% in 2004 and barely won.	yellowcanine	Oct 2012	#12
That is what I thought, Yellow canine!	powergirl	Oct 2012	#18
Maybe they saw that video of Mormons dunking a Latino girl in a pool	AllyCat	Oct 2012	#5
seriously?! that would be good to get out there n/t	flamingdem	Oct 2012	#8
Might be lethal for Romney in NV and CO.	RandySF	Oct 2012	#6
You Can Get It If You Really Want	struggle4progress	Oct 2012	#9
So RMoney...How's that "self deportation" work'n for ya?	SoapBox	Oct 2012	#10
Whites Over 55 Will Vote 70% Romney	DallasNE	Oct 2012	#14
Not here	RoccoR5955	Oct 2012	#16
I doubt that.	HooptieWagon	Oct 2012	#17
Maybe on the planet Romney will be the God of	Coyotl	Oct 2012	#21
I'm a 55 year old white guy who's voting for Obama	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Oct 2012	#23
But Republicans love Latinos	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Oct 2012	#15
Any known status	mojo2012	Oct 2012	#20
Hmmmm	limousineliberal	Oct 2012	#22

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:25 PM

rtracey (167 posts)

1. Ummmm

What Latino, seriously now.... would support a Republican, besides Rubio, and others who are well off and in politics.

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Response to rtracey (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:28 PM

Arugula Latte (40,174 posts)

13. The main two groups I can think of:

-rabid anti-Castroites
-very conservative Catholics

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:27 PM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

2. yay! Keep the good news coming! YAAAAYYYYY

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:28 PM

Coyotl (5,158 posts)

3. Latinos are under-represented in polling, so look to AZ and NV going to Obama

Last edited Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:30 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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Response to Coyotl (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:59 PM

flamingdem (22,704 posts)

7. I agree, blowout if they get to the polls and seems like there is

lots of motivation this round

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Response to Coyotl (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:19 PM

yellowcanine (24,444 posts)

11. It this margin holds up this map might not be too far off.

I still think Obama is not getting Indiana though and Arizona is a stretch even with the high Hispanic vote.

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:55 PM

demlion (61 posts)

19. I would take FL, CO, NC, AZ, and MO off the map. I see a win for the Prez; not a blowout.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:33 PM

powergirl (2,383 posts)

4. Didn't the Dark Lord, Karl Rove say that Romney needed

at least 40 percent of the Latino vote? Didn't Mitt agree to this? Hmmmmmmmm.

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:21 PM

yellowcanine (24,444 posts)

12. I believe G.W. got close to 40% in 2004 and barely won.

Last edited Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:29 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

So this could be the ace in the hole for Obama this year.

On edit: Here is the report on Bush in 2004

http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/reports/48.pdf

Note also that new Hispanic voters might be underrepresented in likely voter models. Also Hispanic voters motivated to vote by immigration issues might not be showing up in the likely voter models as well. I truly believe that the Hispanic vote is going to provide some surprises in Obama's favor in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina. Not that he will necessarily win all of these states, but he will do better than expected and that could make the difference in several.

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Response to yellowcanine (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:50 PM

powergirl (2,383 posts)

18. That is what I thought, Yellow canine!

Thank you for the information - so Romney only has 20%. He shouldn't have been so ugly about the Latinos.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:35 PM

AllyCat (7,520 posts)

5. Maybe they saw that video of Mormons dunking a Latino girl in a pool

to baptize dead people against their or their family's knowledge.

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:00 PM

flamingdem (22,704 posts)

8. seriously?! that would be good to get out there n/t

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 12:59 PM

RandySF (5,291 posts)

6. Might be lethal for Romney in NV and CO.

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:04 PM

struggle4progress (71,484 posts)

9. You Can Get It If You Really Want

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:19 PM

SoapBox (5,821 posts)

10. So RMoney...How's that "self deportation" work'n for ya?

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 02:59 PM

DallasNE (2,958 posts)

14. Whites Over 55 Will Vote 70% Romney

They somehow think that turning Medicare into a voucher system will save Medicare and privatizing Social Security will save Social Security. Except that is not what whites over 55 are thinking at all. The dog whistle politics is extremely effective with this group. They are the ones that think Obama is not an American which translates into "put the white back in the Whitehouse". That is where this race is being decided -- on the basis of race with older Americans.

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Response to DallasNE (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 03:41 PM

RoccoR5955 (6,492 posts)

16. Not here

Whites over 55, of which I am one may not vote that way here in NY. Only a couple of the guys that I know are voting for Romney, and they aren't even sure that they will.

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Response to DallasNE (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:19 PM

HooptieWagon (6,339 posts)

17. I doubt that.

Willard may get a majority of the over 55 white vote, but I don't think it will be near 70%. IMO, probably less than 60%.

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Response to DallasNE (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:32 PM

Coyotl (5,158 posts)

21. Maybe on the planet Romney will be the God of

but not on the real Earth

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Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:58 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,600 posts)

23. I'm a 55 year old white guy who's voting for Obama

I don't want R&R's voucher care.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 03:22 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,600 posts)

15. But Republicans love Latinos

So long as they work for sub-minimum wage.

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 04:58 PM

mojo2012 (290 posts)

20. Any known status

Anyone know how successful Latino leaders and community leaders are in convincing them to vote?

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Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:57 PM

limousineliberal (55 posts)

22. Hmmmm

And there is a poll averaged on RCP that says Obama is winning latinos by only 6 percent. LOLOLOL!

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