USA Today-Gallup Poll: Obama Has Overwhelming Lead Over Romney With Latinos

Latinos reject Mitt Romney in huge numbers

PoliticsJune 2012 • Views: 29,548

The latest nationwide USA Today-Gallup poll of Latino voters shows that President Obama is absolutely crushing Mitt Romney in this key demographic.

WASHINGTON – President Obama has built an overwhelming lead among Latino voters, a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of Hispanics finds, as Republican challenger Mitt Romney faces a difficult path ahead to make inroads among what has been the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group for a generation.

The president leads Romney 66%-25% among more than 1,000 Latino registered voters surveyed April 16 to May 31, matching his muscular showing in the 2008 election among Hispanics. Romney is in the weakest position among Latinos of any presidential contender since 1996 — and in those intervening 16 years their percentage of the electorate has doubled.

Since the poll was taken, Obama has fortified Hispanic enthusiasm by announcing he would block the deportation of an estimated 800,000 undocumented young Latinos who were brought to the United States as children. In a subsequent USA TODAY/Gallup survey, taken Wednesday-Saturday, more than eight in 10 Latinos approved of the president’s action, most of them strongly.

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39 comments

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:37:07am

I'm sure that lead will disappear once the GOP works out the bugs on their Latino outreach website.

iossarian Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:37:53am

Yeah but once Condi joins the ticket Obama is toast.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:38:14am

This is why I think Romney will ultimately lose. Latino voters are a key bloc in many of the battleground states and Romney and his party have gone out of their way to alienate them while Obama and his have done the opposite practically. Of course if Obama ultimately wins due to strong Latino support, we're going to hear cries of fraud because every Latino voter is an illegal.// GOP and right wing have only themselves to blame for how they've regarded Latinos in politics.

dragonath Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:42:47am

I'm sure the wingnuts chanting VICTORY! today isn't going to make friends and influence people. It's a downward spiral for the Republicans, and Romney is unwilling to stop it.

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:42:51am

Romney Youth Outreach Team Run By 30-Somethings

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:44:17am

re: #5 Kragar

Romney Youth Outreach Team Run By 30-Somethings

Hey kids how about that grunge sound coming out of Seattle!

brennant Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:45:41am

re: #6 HappyWarrior

Hey kids how about that grunge sound coming out of Seattle!

That just makes me feel really old.

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:46:10am

re: #6 HappyWarrior

Hey kids how about that grunge sound coming out of Seattle!

Be nice, 30 year olds are still a bunch of kids compared to the majority of the GOP.

brennant Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:46:24am

re: #7 brennant

That just makes me feel really old.

I need an editor.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:47:02am

re: #8 Kragar

Be nice, 30 year olds are still a bunch of kids compared to the majority of the GOP.

That was going to be my follow up.

dragonath Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:47:08am

As long as we're going back 30 years:

Youtube Video

NJDhockeyfan Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:47:32am

re: #3 HappyWarrior

This is why I think Romney will ultimately lose. Latino voters are a key bloc in many of the battleground states and Romney and his party have gone out of their way to alienate them while Obama and his have done the opposite practically. Of course if Obama ultimately wins due to strong Latino support, we're going to hear cries of fraud because every Latino voter is an illegal.// GOP and right wing have only themselves to blame for how they've regarded Latinos in politics.

I don't think the Latino vote is going to decide the race. 25% of US voters don't like either candidate. That's a lot of voters.

Poll: 1 in 4 voters uncommitted to either Obama, Romney

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:47:47am

re: #7 brennant

That just makes me feel really old.

I felt really old a few weeks ago when I realized kids born the year I graduated high school are now old enough to drink.

Bulworth Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:48:00am

Some of the issues to emerge in the campaign so far that directly impact younger, college-age voters include student loan rates, voter ID laws that impact college students, the DREAM Act for undocumented students and a provision in the health care reform bill that allows young people to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until age 26.

The GOP/Romney don't care about student loan rates, are in favor of more restrictive voter ID laws to reduce voting, don't support the DREAM Act, and feverishly oppose the ACA and the age 26 provision.

Also, too: GOP/Romney don't like teh gay all that much.

Otherwise, the youngun's should love 'em. /

Bulworth Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:50:04am

The Republican super PAC Crossroads Generation, jointly begun jointly by Karl Rove’s American Crossroads and other Republican youth groups like the College Republicans, released a web video Monday to explain to young Americans how the health care reform law hurts them.

Must not have been a very long video.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:50:33am

re: #12 NJDhockeyfan

I don't think the Latino vote is going to decide the race. 25% of US voters don't like either candidate. That's a lot of voters.

Poll: 1 in 4 voters uncommitted to either Obama, Romney

I dunno. I just know this much. One party has a candidate who in particular has gone out of his way to alienate Latino voters e.g. "self-deport", hiring a nut like Kobach to be his immigration adviser, and having a lukewarm at best response to the DREAM Act. Bush and McCain I think understood those issues much better than Romney does.

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:51:52am

re: #15 Bulworth

Must not have been a very long video.

"This hurts you because OBAMA SUCKS!"

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:52:41am

re: #11 Be Zorch, Daddio

As long as we're going back 30 years:

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Youtube Video

Charles Johnson Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:52:51am

Candidates Woo Skeptical, and Possibly Decisive, Latino Bloc.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:52:54am

re: #14 Bulworth

The GOP/Romney don't care about student loan rates, are in favor of more restrictive voter ID laws to reduce voting, don't support the DREAM Act, and feverishly oppose the ACA and the age 26 provision.

Also, too: GOP/Romney don't like teh gay all that much.

Otherwise, the youngun's should love 'em. /

They really are lucky younger voters don't vote more often in elections because if they did, GOP would be weak. That's another story though. Guess the broad point is GOP is hellbent on running socially conservative campaigns that don't resonate with most young voters.

Bulworth Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:53:27am

re: #17 Kragar

"This hurts you because OBAMA SUCKS!"

Allowing you to stay on your parents insurance till you're 26 is TYRANNY. The pre-existing conditions provision is also really bad for you because shut up that's why.

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:54:33am

re: #21 Bulworth

Allowing you to stay on your parents insurance till you're 26 is TYRANNY. The pre-existing conditions provision is also really bad for you because shut up that's why.

"Allow me to address your concerns with SHUT YOUR DAMN HIPPIE MOUTH!"

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:57:29am

Heh I'm reminded what Jonah Goldberg said, "we should beat up young socialists." Because, Jonah Goldberg is so intimidating, that most young people on the left are socialists, and that's the best way to convince someone of the virtues of a free enterprise economy by beating them up. The right doesn't understand young voters because they're by and large unwilling to understand the issues that matter to younger voters.

The Ghost of a Flea Mon, Jun 25, 2012 11:59:58am

re: #23 HappyWarrior

Heh I'm reminded what Jonah Goldberg said, "we should beat up young socialists." Because, Jonah Goldberg is so intimidating, that most young people on the left are socialists, and that's the best way to convince someone of the virtues of a free enterprise economy by beating them up. The right doesn't understand young voters because they're by and large unwilling to understand the issues that matter to younger voters.

Congressman Laughs As Radio Host Suggests ‘Pistol Whipping’ Nuns

Seems like there's something in the Derp Juice....

Lidane Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:03:13pm

re: #8 Kragar

Be nice, 30 year olds are still a bunch of kids compared to the majority of the GOP.

So are most 40 year olds. =P

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:03:58pm

re: #24 The Ghost of a Flea

Congressman Laughs As Radio Host Suggests ‘Pistol Whipping’ Nuns

Seems like there's something in the Derp Juice...

What a douche. Yeah so funny to pistol whip people you disagree with. These assholes haven't learned a damned thing from the Gabby Giffords shooting.

lawhawk Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:04:54pm

re: #14 Bulworth

[Link: pewresearch.org...]

In the last three general elections - 2004, 2006, and 2008 -- young voters have given the Democratic Party a majority of their votes, and for all three cycles they have been the party's most supportive age group. This year [2008 -me], 66% of those under age 30 voted for Barack Obama making the disparity between young voters and other age groups larger than in any presidential election since exit polling began in 1972.

dragonath Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:06:43pm

re: #12 NJDhockeyfan

If you think latinos are seriously going to give the Republican party carte blanche on immigration policy even as right wing media seeks to butress Arpaio's position in Arizona... I don't know what to tell you.

I know you don't like Obama, but don't be ignorant.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:07:01pm

re: #27 lawhawk

[Link: pewresearch.org...]

Is it any wonder that some Republicans want to get rid of the law that allows 18-21 year olds to vote.

Lidane Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:08:08pm

re: #26 HappyWarrior

These assholes haven't learned a damned thing from the Gabby Giffords shooting.

Pfft. As if they would have learned anything, even if she'd died.

After all, the gunman was just a crazy lone wolf. You know, like all the other crazy lone wolves that do things that the RWNJs agree with in spirit.

aagcobb Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:08:19pm

re: #3 HappyWarrior

This is why I think Romney will ultimately lose. Latino voters are a key bloc in many of the battleground states and Romney and his party have gone out of their way to alienate them while Obama and his have done the opposite practically. Of course if Obama ultimately wins due to strong Latino support, we're going to hear cries of fraud because every Latino voter is an illegal.// GOP and right wing have only themselves to blame for how they've regarded Latinos in politics.

This is why I expect the GOP to outdo itself in voter suppression efforts this year.

erik_t Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:08:33pm

re: #28 Be Zorch, Daddio

If you think latinos are seriously going to give the Republican party carte blanche on immigration policy even as right wing media seeks to butress Arpaio's position in Arizona... I don't know what to tell you.

I know you don't like Obama, but don't be ignorant.

Well, he's right to a degree; Hispanics are somewhat less plentiful in swing states compared to the country as a whole.

Of course, this is an actual plausible reason, rather than the hopeful handwaving presented at #12.

Lidane Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:09:43pm

re: #12 NJDhockeyfan

Most people aren't paying attention to the election yet. They'll care more after the conventions.

garhighway Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:12:36pm

re: #31 aagcobb

This is why I expect the GOP to outdo itself in voter suppression efforts this year.

I heard they are going to try to ban all voters with a "z" in their name.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:13:56pm

re: #34 garhighway

I heard they are going to try to ban all voters with a "z" in their name.

The Poles are going to be pissed.

Kragar Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:14:08pm

re: #34 garhighway

I heard they are going to try to ban all voters with a "z" in their name.

Names ending with a vowel are too ethnic to be allowed to vote.

HappyWarrior Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:14:41pm

re: #31 aagcobb

This is why I expect the GOP to outdo itself in voter suppression efforts this year.

I do worry about that especially after hearing about Scott's actions in Florida.

Sheila Broflovski Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:19:44pm

re: #36 Kragar

Names ending with a vowel are too ethnic to be allowed to vote.

My name ends with a "z" and for some reason telemarketers always pronounced it "ski"

kirkspencer Mon, Jun 25, 2012 12:20:36pm

re: #13 Kragar

I felt really old a few weeks ago when I realized kids born the year I graduated high school are now old enough to drink.

It's a variation on a long-held method of realizing how different your cultural touchstones are from the current "young adults". (your choice whether young or adult belongs in the scare quotes.)

Pick three defining moments, major cultural touchstones. Then compare them to drinking age or high school graduation/incoming college freshmen, your choice.

For example, I was testing a videorecorder and so happened to get the initial broadcast of the Reagan assassination attempt on tape for my college. For example, I was changing post for CQ at my company in the army when Challenger blew up. For example, I remember when there were no cell phones (and when they were bricks, as well). There are people who've earned master's degrees for whom all three are "before they were born."

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