. . . also factoring in Romney's opposition to the Dream Act, these polls are accompanied by reports of wide disaffection with republicans among Latino voters. The party leaders are counseling their recruiters to use the word 'conservative' instead of 'republican' because the party has been so hostile to their interests. That opposition to their interests by republicans encompasses policies and initiatives which go far beyond anything this administration has proposed or enacted, so it's unlikely that folks with those concerns are going to sit back and allow republicans to advance.
Poll watcher: Republican problems with Hispanic voters larger than ever
fresh numbers from the Pew Hispanic Center reveal that Republicans have made little progress since 2008 in courting a fast-growing Hispanic voting bloc, two-thirds of whom voted for Barack Obama.
In their basic political party identification – the continental plates of American politics – 67 percent of Hispanics identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, compared with 20 percent who lean toward Republicans. The 47-point Democratic advantage is larger than at any point in more than a decade of polls, including 2008, when 26 percent of Hispanics sided with the Republican Party. As we noted Thursday, Obama leads Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney by 68 to 23 percent among Hispanic voters in a hypothetical general election match-up.
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