The Latino vote swings hard for Obama
by kos
Thu Sep 18, 2008 at 10:44:44 AM PDT
SUSA's latest has Obama up 52-44 in New Mexico, which is great in and of itself. But I was struck even more by this line:
Hispanics
McCain 28
Obama 69
That is close to the numbers in yesterday's R2K/dKos daily tracking poll:
Hispanics
McCain 29
Obama 67
Scroll back to previous editions, and the numbers are remarkably stable. It is precisely this dramatic support among the Latino community that will deliver New Mexico and Colorado to Obama, while keeping Florida competitive when it should, by other measures, be trending away. In fact Florida, which delivered its Latino vote to Bush 56-44 in 2004, now favors Obama among Latinos 59-38 according to the internals of Rasmussen's latest.
No one talks about Latinos liking McCain anymore, or about Latinos not voting for the black candidates, and it's a good thing. Those are at least two zombie lies that have finally been put to bed.
1 comment:
Seemingly helpful in Nevada too, no? But probably less-so that in Colorado, Florida and certainly New Mexico.
And, of course, it bodes well for Dems long-term if they become the party of latino-america given populartion growth in that community/those communities.
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