Latino support for Pres. Obama has dropped considerably in recent weeks, while support for presumptive nominee Mitt Romney has risen somewhat, according to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University.
The results showed Latino support for the president at 59 percent, nearly double that of Romney, at 30 percent.
Surprisingly, the new poll reveals that Pres. Obama’s support among Latinos is actually trending downward. A March poll by Fox News Latino found Latino support for Obama at 73 percent, while a USA Today/Gallup poll published in June showed two-thirds of the Latino population behind the president.
Coincidentally (or maybe not), pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will begin airing ads on Thursday in swing states Nevada, Colorado and Florida, attacking the former Massachusetts governor on gaffs he’s made and positions he’s taken.
The ads use harsh words for Willard and a possible presidency.
An elderly Latino man describes the moneyed nominee as “a person without feeling” who “doesn’t care about any Hispanic, Latino, or American who’s below him.”
“If Romney cuts Medicare,” the man continues, “I won’t be able to pay for it.”
The ad ends with a Latina telling the camera unequivocally that she will “definitely not” vote for Romney.
It’s important to note that while Obama’s support among Latinos dropped by 7 points since last month, Romney’s only climbed by 3 points, which means that Latinos are feeling disaffected more than anything else — but they’re still not feeling Romney. Should things stay as they are, many Latinos will choose to stay home on Election Day rather than vote for either candidate.
Also, how much can we trust the results of polling these days?
Not much, according to political scientist Sasha Issenberg. In an article published by Slate last month, she writes:
“In the United States … the polling industry faces a reckoning. Last month, the Pew Research Center, in what it called a report but was best read as a plaintive appeal for sympathy, declared, ‘It has become increasingly difficult to contact potential respondents and to persuade them to participate.’ In 1997, Pew reported, the telephone response rate to its polls (the share of outbound calls that yielded an interview) was 36 percent; by 2012, it had fallen to 9 percent. It was easy to attribute blame—the proliferation of mobile devices, caller ID, and the increasingly secondary nature of phone communication altogether.”
You can probably name one or two people in your life who still uses a land line or responds to phone numbers they’re unfamiliar with — and they’re probably over the age of 50. It’s a generational thing. 20-somethings hardly answer when their own friends and family members call, so their unlikely to answer an unknown number from a polling center.
And even if we can trust polls, 30 percent is a long way from the 40-percent Latino support Romney needs if he’s to have even a prayer of clinching the White House.
Plus, people tend to forget how much of a political genius the president is. If 2008 is indicative of anything, it’s that the Obama hounds have yet to bark.
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bullshit!!
and Romney says he doesn’t need the latino vote to win!! pfft.. sorry boys Obama all the way
They are both flawed but I don’t like Obama, nor do I like the cult of Obama – the Manchurian president. Too many things we don’t know about him still. Too many sealed personal records. I have never seen the media protect a president like they have him. That’s reason enough to not like him. And he is not the first black president. His mother was very white. That counts for half. He is the first mulatto president if anything. I really don’t care what Rommney does with the money he has earned – but what I do care is what Obama is doing with our money my money and the tax payers money.
Say No to Mittens!
dont let Romney in office. he dies not care about us little people. Obama is the best way to go.
Nidya: Romney has NEVER said he doesn’t need the Latino vote. Stop the BS!!!
Hey folks, listen up, Romney will win the presidency because he’s far more trusted to wield the levers of power than Obama. Romney has Business Experience, Government Experience, and Leadership Experience. He has qualities that Obama does not have, and will never possess. Americans are clamoring for real change. Americans want jobs. Americans want to work and not mope about blaming his/her problems on somebody else.
Obama has had three plus years to create an economic policy that would stir investments, provide confidence in the market, foster jobs creation, and keep taxes low. HE’S FAILED. Porkulus 1 did not work. $3T in investment money is being withheld by the private sector because businesses do not trust Obama and the Democrats. He hasn’t created the trust in the business community for jobs creation.
Obama thinks he only need Big Labor to win the election, and frankly, Big Labor only accounts for less than 7% of the entire labor force in the US. How can he win with that when everybody else depends on the private employment sector?
And, he’s raised taxes on the middle class with his ObamaCare. You must be truly blind to believe in Obama that you would vote for the guy despite his myriad failures.
Romney will be a significant vote of the Hispanic community because, in essence, Hispanics like to work and are conservative by nature. The problem with the Hispanic Voting Bloc is their deep reliance on the Democrat party which has only made matters worse in our communities over the past 5 decades.
Whatever
I give big props to Romney for going to the NAACP and telling them that he will push to repeal Obamacare. He also stated that he’s for school vouchers. Both are honest opinions without going into a fake and racist imitation of “black folk” talk or pandering.
I just get a kick of hypocrites like Hillary and Bill Clinton and Algore and even the Obamnoid how when they go and speak at Southern black churches how all of a suddenly they sprout a jive talkn southern black ghetto Ebonics patios! What fakers.
@Kev Sa: Your statement alone is condescending to the Black community.
Mitt shouldn’t get “credit” for speaking to a community. It’s EXPECTED.
Men, what a letdown. I like your site and I read it often, so I’m very surprised that you being a pro-latino site will be contributing to the spread of this type of Republican bullshit. Quinnipac as well as Fox’s surveys always tilt right, meaning that they are a tool of the right wing to muddle the waters. If you really believe that crap then you are extremely naive and easy to manipulate. The fact is that Obama will receive over 85% of the Latino and over 95% of the African-American vote and there is not a con-pseudo survey that will prevent it hat from being a reality. Especially in light of Romney’s cold shoulder and refusal to speak at the National Council of La Raza Conference. The only Latino segment that is more likely to vote for Romney are the Cuban old farts and they are a species in serious danger of extinction.
Because I’m 1/2 Latina and 1/2 white but when people say, “Well Obama is only 1/2 black, so he’s not the first black president” it bothers. You shouldn’t have to be all one race in order to qualify for that race. I’ve known people who are 100% Latino or 100% black and they know little or nothing about their culture, heritage, etc. I’ve known white people who are more latino or black than white. It’s what’s in your heart and soul. To me Obama is black enough to qualify. As far as the polls, this is FoxNews we’re talking about here. They’re not exactly the best source for information.
Andy Irizarry please see this post http://www.beinglatino.us/politics-2/does-romney-think-he-can-win-without-latinos/
@Pierre, l’ll clarify. Politians tend to act like the group they are speaking to. They think that the can ingratiate themselves, and they do for the most part. But Romney did not. What I find condescending is the assumption that ll blacks or all Latinos will vote a certain way. That is somewhat insulting. We are not a homogeneous group of people that vote collectively. By the way, how do you know its condescending to blacks. You mean, it upsets you.
At best, if Romney can get the 44% of the Latino vote as Bush did in 2000, he’d do well. However, the trend has been between 31% and 37% which is good. That said, 2012 is NOT 2008, folks. The economy is still in limbo, and Hispanics and blacks have high unemployment rates. Romney can use the Latino vote as well as the black vote. Maybe not majority voting bloc to win. The real test is where the white independents go, and it looks like they are surging for Romney. The Latino/black/progressive/pro-abortion/GBLT special interest bloc alone WILL NOT get Obama to the top. The vast majority of voters in this country are white voters, and where they go, so goes the election. That’s a fact!!!
Cuban Americans vote Republican because we don’t like the communism of the democrat party.
Andy: Cubans are not the only Hispanic ethnics that vote GOP. Many other Hispanics ethnics do vote GOP, and it is a growing group. No need to bash Cubans.
No worries Lee, let them bash away. I am used to it. I am a proud Jew of the Caribbean and they are crazed Islamic killers of Western Civilization from a bodega in the Barrio.
Many Latinos are stooges to the Obamunist party the same way Germans became Brown Shirts for Hitler!