http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...28/gIQAJa5eMP_story.html?wpisrc=al_politics_p Wary Hispanic voters favor Obama over GOP rivals President Obama holds a wide lead among Hispanic voters when matched against potential Republican challengers, even as widespread opposition to his administrationâs stepped-up deportation policies act as a drag on his approval ratings among that group, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, revealed a general-election weakness for Republicans among an increasingly influential voting bloc â with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry each winning less than one-fourth of the Hispanic vote in hypothetical matchups against Obama. Obama leads Romney by 68 percent to 23 percent and Perry by 69 percent to 23 percent among Hispanic voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.2 percentage points for the sample. The presidentâs strong position with Latino voters comes even as Hispanic adults overall express disapproval with the way his administration is handling deportations of illegal immigrants, by 59 percent to 27 percent. (The margin of error among adults is plus or minus 3.6 percentage points.) The United States has deported more than 1 million illegal immigrants under Obama, removing an average of nearly 400,000 per year â a record rate that has drawn criticism from immigrant advocates who charge that the policy is tearing apart families and punishing harmless workers. Administration officials have said they are targeting criminals for deportation. Obamaâs job approval rating has dropped among Hispanic voters by nine percentage points since last year, the survey found, dipping to 54 percent â in part because of a 15-point drop among Hispanic Democrats. His job approval among voters overall stood at 49 percent in a Washington Post-ABC News poll this month, meaning the president remains more popular among Hispanics than with the broader electorate. âMany Latinos are aware that deportations are up, and among them the presidentâs approval rating is lower,â said Mark H. Lopez, associate director of the Pew Hispanic Center. âHowever, even among them, the president wins in head-to-heads against Romney and Perry.â The findings suggest major challenges ahead for Republican strategists, many of whom believe the party cannot win the White House unless it slices into Obamaâs support among Hispanics. In the latest available data from Gallup, Obamaâs numbers among Hispanics have recovered alongside a rise among the broader public. Fully 60 percent of all Hispanic adults interviewed by Gallup in late December said they approved of Obamaâs overall job performance, a high in polls back to May. The support level for Romney and Perry lags behind the 31 percent share won by party nominee John McCain in 2008. Obama won 67 percent of Hispanics that year. At the time, many Republican strategists said failing to improve that number in the future could doom Republican presidential contenders in battleground states with fast-growing Hispanic populations, such as Colorado and Florida. They set a 2012 goal of winning 40 percent, about the same level of support among Hispanics won by President George W. Bush in his 2004 reelection victory. Some Republicans have expressed concerns that Hispanics would feel alienated by hard-line rhetoric against illegal immigration in the GOP primary campaign â particularly from Romney, who has used the issue to attack Perry and former House speaker Newt Gingrich from the right. They worry that the debate might squander an opportunity to take advantage of Obamaâs declining support among Hispanics, particularly centrists and conservatives. The survey shows Romneyâs vulnerabilities, however. Even among voters who disagree with Obamaâs deportation policies, a clear majority backs the president over Romney. Obama wins more than one-fourth of Hispanic voters who identify with or lean toward the Republican Party.
Yes, quote yourself in order to attempt to add sensationalism to the boring thread. Personally, I'm rather exhausted watching all you experts (on both sides of the isle) try to tell the rest of us how it is using news snippets and snap polls that essentially amount to a bunch of nothing.
There are two ways of looking at this. One is that republicans need to find ways to appeal to these hispanics and stop all the rhetoric about getting rid of illegals. Of course, McCain tried that and watched the vast majority of them vote for his opponent while the party base seethed. The other approach would be to recognize that it is suicidal to let all these hispanics continue to colonize our country. Close the damn border for once and for all, put in place an immigration moratorium and start to get rid of the ones already here. Or watch the etire country turn into California, where no republican can get elected to state office.
I'm less and less inclined to even read most of the shit posted by the twin "progressive's" who create threads just to toss softballs back and forth. Makes no difference really. The country is fubar. Why bother worrying about it or trying to come up with solutions.
The recession/depression has already done a bang up job of ridding the country of illegals. Many have returned to Mexico in the past 3-4 years as job opportunities went down the drain when the real estate bubble popped. Sticter hiring rules also eliminated a significant number. Border crossings are down significantly as well in the past 3-4 years. The immigration issue is an enormous bogeyman created to take our attention away from even bigger fraud and corruption.
I have to disagree about the importance of the issue, although you are correct about the effect of the economy. I believe this is the single most important issue facing the country. if obama is somehow reelected with a democrat congress, they will amnesty the illegals and open the door for more to come. We can kiss the country we grew up in good bye.