Poll finds Hispanics prefer expanded role of government

By NBC's Domenico Montanaro

Latinos are going to be one of the most important groups to watch this election year -- if not the most important group -- as no other population has grown more in the U.S. over the last decade.

A new Pew Hispanic Center poll out Wednesday finds, as reported by our sister site NBC Latino:

- 75% say they prefer a bigger, expanded role for govt, much more than the general public,
- Less than 1-in-5 (19 percent) believes in smaller government, and
- Though 32 percent consider themselves conservative (compared with 34 percent of the general public), 30 percent say they are either liberal or very liberal, a higher number than the general public at 21 percent.

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Mruseurhead

Isn't this Dominico guy who authored is, one half of the "dunce twins" Fiesty sucks up too? No wonder your such a fan, Fiesty, wow, brilliant "powers of perception" there Dominico(or whatever), "Hispanics support big Government". Well there you go liberals, thats your call to "arms. Take the tarp off the old "hippie bus" thats been rusting in the backyard since the last Deadhead concert, head to the border and start bussing in "votes" for Obama.