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Pres. Obama trounces GOP candidates among Latino voters [video]

A poll conducted jointly by Fox News Latino and Latin Insights found that Pres. Obama is pulling ahead of all Republican contenders among Latino voters.

The polling results, released March 5, show that 73 percent of likely Latino voters approve of the president’s performance, with a strong majority approving of his leadership in health care reform and economic policy (66 percent and 58 percent, respectively).

Pres. Obama’s closest Republican opponent, and the likely GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, is polling at a distant 35-percent approval rating among Latino voters.

“The more Latinos learn about the [Republican] candidates, the more they reject them,” said Obama campaign spokesman Gabriela Domenzain.

The Fox News Latino poll also shows overwhelming support for the DREAM Act and a path to citizenship among Latino voters. Ninety percent of likely Latino voters say they support the perennially-plagued legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States at a young age, received their high school diploma, and are either serving their country in the military or pursuing higher education.


Read more at Fox News Latino.

 

About Hector Luis Alamo, Jr.

Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., is the associate editor at Being Latino and a native son of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. He received a B.A. in history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where his concentration was on ethnic relations in the United States. While at UIC, he worked first as a staff writer for the Chicago Flame and later became the newspaper's Opinions editor. He contributes to various Chicago-area publications, most notably, the RedEye and Gozamos. He's also a cultural critic for 'LLERO magazine. He has maintained a personal blog since 2007, YoungObservers.blogspot.com, where he discusses topics ranging from political history and philosophy to culture and music.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

Comments

  1. Obama 2012!!!!!!!!!

  2. So does Chavez!!

  3. Obama is LOVED by so many… Even some republicans on the down low

  4. I think I’m going to throw up!!!

  5. Go President Obama…RON PAUL is a LOSER

  6. Dee you ain’t Latino !!! What you doin in here?? Wannabe lmao

  7. true but i’m a minority and if the GOP field gets elected president then we all Latino & Blacks are in a world of hurt

  8. I’m gonna laugh when the GOP tries to backtrack on its anti-immigrant/Latino rhetoric

  9. @Dee, please explain how Latinos and blacks will be hurt.

  10. Elvin Ramos says:

    Ron Paul 2012

  11. That’s good, because all of the republicans are not in favor of doing anything in order to help out with immigration. Therefore it would be wise to not vote for a republican. They all suck anyways. You have Romney who states he’s not concerned about the poor. Yet he’s in favor of a budget plan that would get rid of 2/3 of programs funding the poor. He bashes on Obama for not helping out the elderly when his budget plan would raise their health care bills from 25% they pay now to having to pay 2/3 of the bill. Which means an even bigger increase on their health care. Then you have Gingrich who says lets bring the church back say no to same sex marriage because it says that’s not how marriage is in his bible. Even though the last time I checked it also talked about marriage and not divorcing. And what he’s on marriage #3…. Not to mention he’s so ignorant as to say “black people” need to get off of welfare. If only he knew statistically white people are the majority of people on welfare….

  12. Ron Paul will take away all social programs. NO help for the poor. We don’t want that.

  13. Ron Paul is just a name on the ballot. The Race for the GOP is really just a Race to see who is going to lose to Obama.

  14. Aj O'Neal says:

    The GOP simply cannot govern, history, empirical evidence and the past 3 and a half years have shown that. How much self hate must you have, how much dignity must you lack as a person of color to support the right wing hate machine? I have yet to hear talk about congress and local elections and that is where we must make our mark.

  15. @Ruben explain how the GOP would help blacks and Latinos, and anyone else comprising a suspect class oppressed by the majoritarian process

  16. Yup more entitlements, welfare, section 8, more free cellphones. What a way to empower minorities!! Thanks to the chancellor, Dems and big govt republicans. They are all one party no different. They have pimped the minority vote for years by eating fried pork crackling or going to a baptist church and doing photo ops just to say they were alongside minorities. Wake up America and minorities!! Only Ron Paul tells the truth like it or not. I will vote Ron Paul via write-in. The only true choice.

  17. Very impressive how ignorant some people are, for those who don’t know or refuse to understand what the GOP is all about, here goes… the GOP is an ELITE that wants the best, that is the best for them and for them only. if they could turn this country into an all white country, they would do it. if they could get rid of the poor community they would do it too. it’s all about power, not for the people but for the 1%. those who support them are either: among the 1% or… plain stupid and ignorant. if you are among those stupid and ignorant please don’t reply to this comment, i am anti-stupid people so it is more likely i wont respond to you because you can’t argue with stupid people, their IQ is very low so you know what to expect from that. what else can i say about the GOP and their supporters? mmm… they all suck big time!!!

  18. No veo qué razón podrían tener los hispanos para apoyar a Obama.

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