Obama’s Latino Problem? Ya No Existe.

Posted on June 18, 2008 by | 3 Comments

Good news:

In addition to our recent NBC/WSJ poll, which showed Hispanics breaking for Obama 62%-28%, a new survey of 800 Latino voters from 21 states finds that 60% of them plan to vote for Obama versus 23% for McCain. That is down considerably from the 40%-plus Bush received in 2004. It’s no longer fair to say that Obama has a problem with Latino voters; McCain does. This was a case of conventional wisdom that was never based on fact, just semi-informed speculation based on primary exit polling and bad stereotypes of Latinos.

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3 responses to “Obama’s Latino Problem? Ya No Existe.”

  1. zenyenta | June 18, 2008 at 11:39 am | Reply

    Not to mention the assumption that demographics that Obama didn’t win in the primaries wouldn’t vote for him in the GE. That’s ridiculous on its face.

  2. Gob Bluth | June 18, 2008 at 8:54 pm | Reply

    Hold on a second: Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson told us that Obama couldn’t win the states that matter (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida) and that Obama had a problem among Hispanics.

    Oh, wait a minute. I nearly forgot: they’re fucking idiots.

  3. raford | June 20, 2008 at 4:59 am | Reply

    Hah!

    Zen is right. A vote in a primary election for Clinton is not the same as a vote for McCain in November.

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