USA TODAY/Gallup Poll: Latinos strongly backing Obama

[Rosanna Lopez]

1. A good start

We obviously know that most Latino voters will vote Democratic - that has been the case stretching back decades. The question is by how much. Karl Rove's strategy is to skim just enough off the top among different demographic groups to win in certain key states. It's important that it be a large majority of Latinos who vote for Obama - not just a small majority.

It will likely be a large majority again this year as in 2008, but there have been different polls showing differing sizes of majority for Obama. We'll have to examine their range in the months to come.