Hispanics Prefer Obama by 40 Points

By Eric on July 25, 2008

Remember Obama’s Hispanic problem? Remember all the times we heard that Latinos would vote for McCain en masse if we didn’t nominate Hillary? Yeah, not so much:

Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.
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Obama is rated favorably by 76% of Latino registered voters, making him much more popular among that voting group than McCain (44% favorable) and President Bush (27% favorable). Hillary Clinton’s ratings among Latino registered voters are 73% favorable and 24% unfavorable; Obama’s are 76% favorable and 17% unfavorable.

Also, more than three-quarters of Latinos who reported that they voted for Clinton in the primaries now say they are inclined to vote for Obama in the fall election, while just 8% say they are inclined to vote for McCain. That means that Obama is doing better among Hispanics who supported Clinton than he is among non-Hispanic white Clinton supporters, 70% of whom now say they have transferred their allegiance to Obama while 18% say they plan to vote for McCain, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

Yes, who could have predicted that Latinos wouldn’t join the party of nativists just because we nominated a black guy. Yet another example of why the blubber heads on teevee are overpaid.

Tags: 2008, Barack Obama, Latinos

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