Republicans Losing Hispanic Voters in Big Numbers

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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/05/26/republicans_losing_hispanic_voters_in_big_numbers.html

May 26, 2010

Republicans Losing Hispanic Voters in Big Numbers


"For the Republican Party, politically, there's good news and bad news in our new NBC/MSNBC/Telemundo poll on the subject of immigration. Let's start with the good news: The Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, passed by a GOP-led legislature and signed by a GOP governor, has been a short-term political winner. The poll shows that 61% of the public supports the law, and a Republican congressional candidate who backs the law beats a Democratic candidate who opposes it, 40%-26%. But here's the bad news: Latinos, once a semi-swing group of voters, now have swung overwhelmingly for President Obama and the Democratic Party, and younger Hispanics are moving to the Democrats in even greater numbers."