Poll: Latinos favor Obama by big margin

[highplainsdem]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iT9EJ6aVdw68ycS0eEHwrMUfyi8wD9248NJ03

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday.

The national survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, showed that 66 percent of Hispanic registered voters supported Obama, compared to 23 percent for Republican John McCain. The other 11 percent were undecided.

More than three-quarters of Latinos who had voted for Clinton now say they are for Obama. Clinton carried the Hispanic vote, an important Democratic constituency, by about a 2-1 margin in the primaries.

"Hispanics seem to have seamlessly shifted from Clinton to Obama," said Susan Minushkin, deputy director of the Pew Hispanic Center, a research group based in Washington.

While Hispanics make up only about 9 percent of eligible voters, they could play an important role in four potential battleground states: Florida, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.

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[cbc5g]

1. 43% lead...wow

[BeyondGeography]

2. Glad that ugly meme is being put to bed

[HerbieHeadhunter]

3. Good news for Rudi!

nm

[Robbins]

4. Mccain

If Obama gets 66 percent or more of the hispanic vote he Is done for.Bush got 40 percent In 2000 and 44 percent In 2004.Add the fact Obama could get 90-95 percent Black vote and a huge youth turnout for him.Add to the fact Obama does better with men than Gore and Kerry we could be looking at a cross between 1980 and 1996.

[Bonn1997]

5. Does anyone favor McCain besides old, white men? nt