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President Barack Obama remains broadly popular with Hispanics, a key voting bloc in this fall’s election, according to new data from the NBC-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll.
The president leads presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney 67 to 23 percent among Latino registered voters, much wider than the six-point margin the president holds among all registered voters nationally.
Hispanics are the fastest-growing group in the country, fueling their increasing political importance, particularly in several swing states. More than one-in-six Americans identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to the U.S. Census, and they are an important pillar of the president’s hopes of winning a second term.
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President Barack Obama waves after speaking during a campaign event at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, Calif.
Click here for the full NBC-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo Hispanic oversample.
But while Obama continues to lead among Latinos by similar margins to what he won in 2008, there are indications that Latinos’ intensity continues to be lacking.
To measure enthusiasm, the pollsters asked respondents to say how interested they are in this November’s contest, on a scale of one to 10. Adding up the 8s, 9s, and 10s gives a good measure of who the most likely voters will be this fall.
By that measure, just 68 percent of Latinos put themselves in this high-interest category – similar to what they reported last month – off from the average of 79 percent of all respondents in the poll.
One glimmer of hope for the Obama campaign is that the number of Hispanics calling themselves 10s has gone up six points from last month. But even that number is down 10 points from where it was in July 2008.
A big reason Hispanics favor Obama by such a wide margin is a shared philosophy. On every category asked – from looking out for the middle class to dealing with immigration or the economy – Latinos say Obama would be better than Romney by much wider margins than all respondents.
In fact, on handling of the economy, all respondents give President Obama just a 44 percent approval rating. But, among Hispanics, it’s 58 percent. And they think Obama would be better than Romney in dealing with the economy by a 15-point margin. That’s the reverse of all respondents, who say they prefer Romney by six points.
Latinos are also more optimistic about the direction the country is headed. They are almost evenly divided about it with 41 percent saying the country is headed in the right direction and 45 percent saying it’s on the wrong track.
Compare that to all respondents, just 32 percent of whom say the country’s going in the right direction versus 60 percent, who say it’s off on the wrong track.
Romney also continues to have an image problem with Latinos. While the former Massachusetts governor is viewed more negatively than positively with all Americans, it’s even worse with Hispanics – just 22 percent view him positively; 44 percent view him negatively.
By contrast, 64 percent of Hispanics say they have a favorable view of Obama.
NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo has sponsored two polls since the president’s immigration announcement, which halted the deportation of illegal immigrants younger than 30 and who were brought to the United States as children.
There is no significant movement in support from Hispanics, but that support appears to have solidified. The president’s challenge, however, continues to be turning out these voters in the numbers he will need this November.
POLL NOTES… With the Olympics starting this week, there was an interesting difference that emerged in the poll between Hispanics and all respondents when it comes to Olympic viewing preferences. A plurality of all Americans (29 percent) named gymnastics as their favorite Olympic sport. But nearly 4-in-10 Hispanics (39 percent) say they prefer team sports.
That’s no surprise, considering cultural differences in views relating to soccer -- a.k.a. “fútbol.”
The Hispanic oversample of the NBC-Wall Street Journal poll was conducted by Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart and Republican pollster Bill McInturff from July 18-22. It has a margin of error of +/- 5.7%.
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President Obama is playing the latino's for suckers a second time, and they haven't got a clue! In his first two years when he had a large majority in one house, and a small majority in the other. He did not introduce "one" piece of legislation on immigration reform as he promised during his campaign for president! Now in election season, he dismissed a meaningful, lasting legislation by Rubio to implement an executive order to not enforce our immigration laws on a group of illegal aliens that meet a certain criteria. An action that can be reversed by the stroke of a pen of one man (the next president), for "his own" political purposes! The order itself is illegal. The laws of this country can't be "unequally enforced" on any group, for any reason! Real smart, worrying about illegal aliens getting deported instead of how you're going to feed your family, and provide a future for your children in your own country (U.S.A.) with the economy in the state it's in!
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After yesterday's give- away exclusively to black students, I expect another new targeted bribe of hispanics.
Ain't it grand?
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This is one "Hispanic/Latino" vote he WON"T get....this POS POTUS needs to voted out...he is a maricon (look it up)....
And for the "menso's" who do vote for this...que lastima...you're very dumb my friend....
Just a suggestion: everyone of us (no matter what color you are) should head to the voting booth on the first day of early voting to make sure you have not been "accidentally" wiped from the voters' rolls. It would be too late to correct it on election day. I think this just might be the most rigged election in my lifetime. Having the Supreme Court put whomever they choose in the oval office is shameful for this country. I'd hate to know I was so low class that I "won" an elected office by being a coward (can't win it on your own) and therefore being nothing more than a crook.
I,m one of those nasty white folks but I work with a lot of latino's, they are hard working good folk and for those reasons I cannot understand how the can support Obama.
President Obama's "Noted" Achievements:
1. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6 Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
7. Ended media blackout on covering the return of fallen soldiers to Dover AFB; the media is now permitted to do so pending adherence to respectful rules and approval of fallen soldier’s family
8. The White House and federal government are respecting the Freedom of Information Act
9. Instructed all federal agencies to promote openness and transparency as much as possible
10. Limits on lobbyist’s access to the White House
11. Limits on White House aides working for lobbyists after their tenure in the administration
12. Ended the previous stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date
13. Phasing out the expensive F-22 war plane and other outdated weapons systems, which weren’t even used or needed in Iraq/Afghanistan
14. Removed restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research
15. Federal support for stem-cell and new biomedical research
16. New federal funding for science and research labs
17. States are permitted to enact federal fuel efficiency standards above federal standards
18. Increased infrastructure spending (roads, bridges, power plants) after years of neglect
19. Funds for high-speed, broadband Internet access to K-12 schools
20. New funds for school construction
21 The prison at Guantanamo Bay is being phased out
22. US Auto industry rescue plan
23. Housing rescue plan
24. $789 billion economic stimulus plan
25. The public can meet with federal housing insurers to refinance (the new plan can be completed in one day) a mortgage if they are having trouble paying
26. US financial and banking rescue plan
27. The secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere are being closed
28. Ended the previous policy; the US now has a no torture policy and is in compliance with theGeneva Convention standards
29. Better body armor is now being provided to our troops
30. The missile defense program is being cut by $1.4 billion in 2010
31. Restarted the nuclear nonproliferation talks and building back up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
32. Reengaged in the treaties/agreements to protect the Antarctic
33. Reengaged in the agreements/talks on global warming and greenhouse gas emissions
34. Visited more countries and met with more world leaders than any president in his first six months in office
35. Successful release of US captain held bySomali pirates; authorized the SEALS to do their job
36. US Navy increasing patrols off Somali coast
37. Attractive tax write-offs for those who buy hybrid automobiles
38. Cash for clunkers program offers vouchers to trade in fuel inefficient, polluting old cars for new cars; stimulated auto sales
39. Announced plans to purchase fuel efficient American-made fleet for the federal government
40. Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
41. Signed national service legislation; expandednational youth service program
42. Instituted a new policy on Cuba, allowing Cuban families to return home to visit loved ones
43. Ended the previous policy of not regulating and labeling carbon dioxide emissions
44. Expanding vaccination programs
45. Immediate and efficient response to the floods in North Dakota and other natural disasters
46. Closed offshore tax safe havens
47. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks to permit US government to gain access to records of tax evaders and criminals
48. Ended the previous policy of offering tax benefits to corporations who outsource American jobs; the new policy is to promote in-sourcing to bring jobs back
49.. Ended the previous practice of protecting credit card companies; in place of it are new consumer protections from credit card industry’s predatory practices
50. Energy producing plants must begin preparing to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources
51. Lower drug costs for seniors
52. Ended the previous practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with drug manufacturers for cheaper drugs; the federal government is now realizing hundreds of millions in savings
53. Increasing pay and benefits for military personnel
54. Improved housing for military personnel
55. Initiating a new policy to promote federal hiring of military spouses
56. Improved conditions at Walter Reed Military Hospital and other military hospitals
57 Increasing student loans
58. Increasing opportunities in AmeriCorps program
59. Sent envoys to Middle East and other parts of the world that had been neglected for years; reengaging in multilateral and bilateral talks and diplomacy
60. Established a new cyber security office
61. Beginning the process of reforming and restructuring the military 20 years after the Cold War to a more modern fighting force; this includes new procurement policies, increasing size of military, new technology and cyber units and operations, etc.
62. Ended previous policy of awarding no-bid defense contracts
63. Ordered a review of hurricane and natural disaster preparedness
64. Established a National Performance Officer charged with saving the federal government money and making federal operations more efficient
65. Students struggling to make college loan payments can have their loans refinanced
66. Improving benefits for veterans
67. Many more press conferences and town halls and much more media access than previous administration
68. Instituted a new focus on mortgage fraud
69. The FDA is now regulating tobacco
70. Ended previous policy of cutting the FDA and circumventing FDA rules
71. Ended previous practice of having White House aides rewrite scientific and environmental rules, regulations, and reports
72. Authorized discussions with North Korea and private mission by Pres. Bill Clinton to secure the release of two Americans held in prisons
73. Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Web to secure the release of an American held captive
74. Making more loans available to small businesses
75. Established independent commission to make recommendations on slowing the costs of Medicare
76. Appointment of first Latina to the Supreme Court
77. Authorized construction/opening of additional health centers to care for veterans
78. Limited salaries of senior White House aides; cut to $100,000
79. Renewed loan guarantees for Israel
80. Changed the failing/status quo military command in Afghanistan
81. Deployed additional troops to Afghanistan
82. New Afghan War policy that limits aerial bombing and prioritizes aid, development of infrastructure, diplomacy, and good government practices by Afghans
83. Announced the long-term development of a national energy grid with renewable sources and cleaner, efficient energy production
84. Returned money authorized for refurbishment of White House offices and private living quarters
85. Paid for redecoration of White House living quarters out of his own pocket
86. Held first Seder in White House
87. Attempting to reform the nation’s healthcare system which is the most expensive in the world yet leaves almost 50 million without health insurance and millions more under insured
88. Has put the ball in play for comprehensive immigration reform
89. Has announced his intention to push for energy reform
90. Has announced his intention to push for education reform
...And, number 91: Bankrupted America!
An impressive list of Obama's accomplishments!
First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States .
First President to violate the War Powers Act.
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico .
First President to defy a Federal Judge’s court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on ‘shovel-ready’ jobs when there was no such thing as ‘shovel-ready’ jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to terminate America ’s ability to put a man in space-defunded NASA.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company (Boeing) in which State they are allowed to locate a factory.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to fire an inspector general of Ameri-corps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 90 to date & counting.
First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.
First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to not know how to properly pronounce Navy 'corpsman'.
First President to go on multiple global ‘apology tours’-including bowing to foreign rulers.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends; paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to say that America was not a Christian nation.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) just for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
Things Republicans Believe
...Spoken like a true Communist, @Bobby!
Again, it's hilarious that any and all articles on American Latinos becomes a vehicle for the right wing whackjobs to talk about illegal aliens.
It's called racism, boys and girls.
Oh no, Buck went and played the "race card." Again Hilarious.
Mitt Romney and his cohorts play the "race card" everyday. Look over these last three pages, right wing whackjobs are doing nothing but playing the race card.
We live in a wonderful country, racists and all. Hilarious. In 20 years you can kiss white America goodbye. You'll simply be the minority. Get used to it.
Here's how the right wing whackjob brain works: American Latino, born here, 2nd, 3rd, even 4th generation = ILLEGAL ALIEN.
Hilarious.
Racism is people whose goal is to get as many people into this country who look like them as they can regardless of the laws of this nation.
If it were millions of blonde blue eyed Canadians streaming across the border 99% of conservatives would be just as against it as we are now! I say that because I am 1 and EVERYONE I know who is of a like mind feels the same way. But I'd bet my house against a cardboard box that people like yourself could not say the same thing.
Bigots like you make it a "discrimination" issue because that is all you can do. These people are breaking the law and you know it. You are just calling other people names to hide your own racism.
Boy or boy, you sure neglected to comment on what I actually said, now didn't you.
Repeat: Any and all articles on American Latinos (Get that part, American?) and right wing whackjobs use as a vehicle to talk about illegal aliens.
That's not too hard to comprehend, is it?
But hey, let's take your comments. You're making my point better that I can.
Your first sentence is utterly ridiculous.
I point out the racism in your ranks and you call me a "Bigot." Hilarious.
Nice try, but it won't work and never will. Once again, the right wing whackjobs take an article about American Latinos and use it as a vehicle to talk about illegal aliens.
Again boys and girls, it's called racism, no matter how hard someone like the above poster tries to turn it around.
...Hey, Bucky, please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't most illegal aliens in America "Latinos"?????
Numbers don't lie. Most illegal aliens in the U.S. are Latinos, most being from Mexico.
The article, again, is about American Latinos, not about illegal aliens, be they Latino or Polish.
So what's the point of your question?
...Well, you seemed to be confused as to why anyone would associate King Obama's granting of amnesty to millions of illegal aliens with anything to do with his popularity among Latino voters. This article is about his surge in popularity with Latino voters. ...Just trying to help you out, Bucky.
Nope, not missing that fact at all, but thanks for trying to help me out.
The right wing whack jobs are making no distinction between American Latinos and illegal aliens who may in fact be Latino.
So what if some or all American Latinos favor Obama's ruling? They're just as American as you and I and have the right to be in favor, politically, of any issue they choose.
Not all Amercan Latinos have relatives wanting to come from Mexico, by the way. I would suggest that the majority of American Latinos do not.
The article is not about a "surge" in Latino support. The article is about Obama's Latino support holding steady. Unless of course I missed that part.
Just trying to help you out, GAG...as in Getagrip.
...Well, Bucky, sounds like you fell for King Obama's racially-based bribe, hook, line and sinker. ...I guess that does make you a "racist". ...Get a grip! ...LMAO!!!!
Well, GAG, so much for a mature conversation between two adults.
The right wing whackjobs always resort to name calling when the facts knock them on their asses.
Hilarious.
You hispanics are nothing but Obama's pawns to try and get re-elected. Use your brain and surely you can figure this lying bastard out. He is groping for every possible straw to try and get elected and he is using you. He has wrecked the economy and jobs. The people that build businesses, create job opportunities and hire people are not going to vote for Obama and if we don't get Obama out of office, you can forget ever having jobs in the U.S because employers are clearly not going to be hiring. Don't pay attention to "golden throats" rhetoric because that is all it is. Pay attention to what he has done in 4 years. Nothing positive but he has managed to give us unrecoverable debt and has destroyed job opportunities. You had better think really hard before voting for this moron.
Here's my response to your nonsense:
Obama in 2012, the alternative spells disaster.
And to all you true blue Tea Partiers, I sympathize with your plight. After all your victories since 2010, your party has nominated Mitt Romney. You must be about to vomit.
What percentage of the legals were originally illegal?What is their rate of reproduction? Yeah ,it's a democrat thing[though the reps could go up in smoke for all I care]
I have to Argee buck that not all money goes back to mexico , but most of it does.
By the way buck are you one of the legal or illegal imigrants who file falsified tax returns each year that rip off the honest tax payers of $4.5 Billion. So alot of the money isn't earned ITS STOLEN. and this is not proaganda its fact. The problem is that the IRS wont go after your people who commit this crime. I dont hate mexican americans I just want equal justice for all .
Well Left,
I'm not an immigrant at all. I was born in America. How about you? Are you one of the legal or illegal immigrants?
You premise doesn't hold water, not a bit. If one is a legal immigrant, how does that person file a false tax return? And why? And if they did file a false return how is that different from an American who was born here falsifying a return? Legal is legal, pal.
And as for illegal immigrants filing false tax returns, it's hardly ever done. You should do your research. You're making up the $4.5 Billion part, trying to pass that nonsense off as fact.
The FACT is illegal aliens may very well use fake or stolen Social Security numbers to get work, but they hardly ever file federal tax returns. That's just nonsense. The FACT is these illegal aliens pay into the federal tax structure but hardly ever recieve a return, since they can't file a federal return with a stolen Social Security number. Your premise makes no sense.
You should really do some actual research.
As for your first sentence, again nonsense. Illegal aliens most certainly do not send most of their money back to Mexico. Considering the low wages they make, it simply makes no sense and studies back up my claim.
You cannot supply any data that supports your claim. Why? The data doesn't exist.
Are you sure you're a legal citizen?
I am one hispanic voter that is definitely not going to vote for President Obama. I'm an American first and foremost and I do not appreciate the pandering that this administration has directed towards hispanics. I'm not part of the 99% and I'm not part of the 1%...I'm part of the 100% that is an American. Not unlike most people, my main concerns are the economy, the out-of-control national debt, our security as a nation and the future that my grandchildren will have in this country. I do not believe that a government that controls our healthcare is a good idea either.
I also cannot align myself with President Obama's policies and his radical agenda that belittles the individual. He's shown who he really is. All anyone has to do is just listen to what he says.
His radical agenda? What radical agenda would that be?
Another right wing poster spewing FOX NEWS talking points.
Nonsense.
Obama in 2012, right along with 95% of all American Latinos.
I don't know why this writer doesn't mention the rest of the 99% American People, black, white & pink, they are also HOLDING STEADY as this writer calls it!
Dream on TR Rose..... Obama is DONE- stick a fork in him!
Latino support for President Obama holds steady..... that is until Romney asks Rubio to be VP!
If 95% of Hispanics then voted for Romney/Rubio would they be considered racist?
We should really be discussing President Romney's agenda for the first of his EIGHT YEARS in office as our beloved President.
That would be proactive. It is Obvious that Obama and his minions will all be gone in January. Many Senators and even more Representatives who bear the dreaded "D" after their names will be looking for a job after January. Hey, they backed a losing horse and they lost. That's life in the big city folks. We, the voters, pay for results. We don't want to hear about the labor pains, we just want to see the baby.
Nothing succeeds like success. Mitt Romney has been a success at whatever he has tried. Obama is a loser and always will try to blame anyone, and anything for his shortcomings.
Time for an end to this ridiculous social experiment. Time for a REAL President. Time for Mitt Romney.
It's obvious that Obama will be gone?
Oh my.
Every single legitimate poll in America has Obama leading Romney or in a virtual tie.
Again, obvious?
Nonsense.
Obama in 2012.
No wonder Latinos,especially the Mexicans, support Obama, they are in favor of a nanny state. That way they can hold down an American job and qualify for all the government freebies because they are a minority. Then they can turn around and take the majority of their paychecks and send it back to Mexico to support their family and friends. This is a huge downer for the American economy !
For every job that one of these Mexicans take, that's one lost job for an American citizen. It is a multiplied loss when you take into account that the money is being pumped into the Mexican economy and not the U.S. economy !
You're so full of sh*t it's laughable.
Obama in 2012. Latinos and Blacks will certainly decide this election.
Learn to lose.