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Hortensis

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20. 33% of Hispanicss say the economy is the #1 issue.
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 04:13 PM
Apr 2016

Which one of the following issues will be the most important in deciding your vote for President in November 2016?

Jobs and the economy 33%
Immigration 17%
Education 16%
Healthcare 11%
Terrorism 9%
Foreign policy 4%
Global climate change 3%
Same sex marriage 1%
Other 3%
No opinion 2%

This was back in February. Same sex marriage is basically not an issue. No mention of abortion. I've read that Latinos are far more aware and accepting of the reality of global warming than the average American, but basically "it's the economy stupid," then a cluster of education, immigration, and healthcare.

Most Hispanics say the country is on the wrong track, and among Democrats Hispanics are more negative than the public overall - 46 percent.

Hispanics lean heavily toward supporting Democrats over Republicans - 51 percent to 14 for the GOP, but 32% say they are unsure whom to support. (14+32=46%!)

Yet, 74 percent of Hispanic voters say Trump's views on immigration are offensive, but only 29 percent of those who have heard about them say they represent the Republican Party overall. (There could be an unpleasant surprise in here. At least half of all Hispanics are conservative by nature, even if currently pushed away by the GOP.)

Clinton leads by 2 to 1 among Hispanic Democrats, but Sanders performs better with younger voters, 57 - 28.

82 percent of Hispanic voters want the next president to support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and 43 percent would not vote for a candidate who opposes such a policy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/wapo-univision-poll-2016/en/

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Perfectly stated.. busterbrown Apr 2016 #1
NY Times reported some "fed-up" immigrants are Hortensis Apr 2016 #11
Bernie is gonna win the Latino vote in California. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2016 #2
Except they're too smart to think he was invited to the Vatican by the Pope. pnwmom Apr 2016 #3
You keep trying to equate Bernie and Kim Davis Scootaloo Apr 2016 #4
They both tried -- and failed -- to use the Pope in a publicity stunt. pnwmom Apr 2016 #5
TAKE PRIMARY TALK TO THE GD-P, please. Hortensis Apr 2016 #9
Alternately, you're motivated by your own irrational hatred of the man Scootaloo Apr 2016 #15
'wangle an invite', 'waylaid the Pope', 'polite handshake, nothing more'. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #13
Here is an article from a Catholic source. pnwmom Apr 2016 #14
Those articles have been seen and the subject has been well covered already. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #17
My words reflected those from multiple articles. "Wangle" and "angle" an invite mean the same thing. pnwmom Apr 2016 #18
Got it, the first time. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #22
I think so, too. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #7
No, I'm sorry. We Latinos wach and read the news. We know what really went down lunamagica Apr 2016 #21
They should have already been mobilized against the current President. For all of the talk about Chakab Apr 2016 #6
You might want to watch this video BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #8
PRIMARY TALK, belongs on the GD-P. Hortensis Apr 2016 #10
I thought you were talking about the Latino vote, so I posted a Latino video. What's wrong? BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #12
Mostly that the talk isn't going in his candidate's favor Scootaloo Apr 2016 #16
He lost the Latino vote in NY lunamagica Apr 2016 #24
Asian communitues, too. For a long time, many asians were republicans. AgadorSparticus Apr 2016 #19
33% of Hispanicss say the economy is the #1 issue. Hortensis Apr 2016 #20
Shhh... Jeffersons Ghost Apr 2016 #23
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