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Romney's Arizona obstacle [View all]
Romney's Arizona obstacle
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN
The 5-State Latino battleground survey released today by Latino Decisions includes one number that ought to worry Republicans: 18.
That’s the percentage Mitt Romney is winning among Arizona Hispanics, compared to 74 percent for President Obama. Just 8 percent are undecided.
Here’s the problem: In 2008, when John McCain captured the state by 53 to 45 percent, he held Obama to a 56-41 win among Arizona Hispanics. This time around, even if all the undecideds in this poll were to break toward Romney, Obama would still be running close to 20 percentage points ahead of his 2008 Arizona clip with Hispanics. And the Hispanic vote has grown in the past four years.
Romney’s immigration policy stance hasn’t helped him there but that doesn’t fully explain the disparity – SB 1070, the controversial state immigration law that made it to the Supreme Court, has certainly played a role in altering the environment as well.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/07/romneys-arizona-obstacle-130577.html
By CHARLES MAHTESIAN
The 5-State Latino battleground survey released today by Latino Decisions includes one number that ought to worry Republicans: 18.
That’s the percentage Mitt Romney is winning among Arizona Hispanics, compared to 74 percent for President Obama. Just 8 percent are undecided.
Here’s the problem: In 2008, when John McCain captured the state by 53 to 45 percent, he held Obama to a 56-41 win among Arizona Hispanics. This time around, even if all the undecideds in this poll were to break toward Romney, Obama would still be running close to 20 percentage points ahead of his 2008 Arizona clip with Hispanics. And the Hispanic vote has grown in the past four years.
Romney’s immigration policy stance hasn’t helped him there but that doesn’t fully explain the disparity – SB 1070, the controversial state immigration law that made it to the Supreme Court, has certainly played a role in altering the environment as well.
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http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/07/romneys-arizona-obstacle-130577.html
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