Posted on 07/01/2013 3:29:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
A new poll from Latino Decisions finds Democrat Hillary Clinton easily besting Sen. Marco Rubio in a potential presidential match-up among Hispanic voters. Clinton draws 66% of Hispanic voters, while Rubio garners just 28%. Against Vice President Joe Biden, Rubio trails 60-28%. If Rubio's level of support looks familiar, it's probably because Mitt Romney got 27% of the Hispanic vote last November.
Many GOP leaders have convinced themselves that supporting comprehensive immigration reform, with a path to citizenship, is critical in broadening the party's appeal to Hispanics. Sen. Rubio has been a tireless advocate for this position for months and was instrumental in securing passage of the Senate amnesty bill. Yet, in this poll of 1,200 Hispanic presidential election voters, he garners the same level of support as the recent GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
Other high-profile GOP supporters of amnesty fare even worse. Rep. Paul Ryan only draws 25% support against Hillary Clinton. Former FL Governor Jeb Bush earns the support of just 20% of Hispanic voters.
Among Hispanic voters, 31% hold a favorable view of Sen. Rubio, just edging the 29% with an unfavorable view. Rep. Paul Ryan and Jeb Bush are upside down on favorability by 11 and 12 points respectively. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who was an outspoken critic of the Senate amnesty bill, actually has a better net-favorable rating than all three. 25% of Hispanic voters view him favorably, against 20% with an unfavorable view.
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LOL. 1% more. I’m so glad he’s convinced the Hispanic voters he loves them........
Ditto.
LOL.
BTTT
For one thing, Mexicans and Cubans don’t generally like each other.
I think Rubio knows the reality of it. He also knows that if he toes the Democrat, Corporate line his financial future is rosy even should he lose his re=election. I am sure that, if he does not cooperate, he and his family have been assured that their future will have some severe bumps and his family will, perhaps, not have so many members. I strongly suspect that he, and Justice Roberts have been the recipients of “offers they can’t refuse.” That is how Chicago people do things.
Yeah. but Chuckie Shumer says the GOP has to pass the immigration bill in the House in order to save itself from extinction...
Guess it wasn’t worth selling his soul after all.
LOL idiot, and will the stupid party wake up finally because the only way the left gets many of these votes in the black and Hispanic community is welfare and food stamps.
Legal immigrants want the border enforced and I have left numerous messages for this buffoon telling him so
I’m not surprised, Marco Rubio has done an excellent job of convincing me to disapprove of him and the entire republican party.
The Republicans would be better off if they tried to increase their share of the black vote from the 5% to 10% range to the 10% to 15% range. The Republicans should also try to increase their share of the Asian American vote. Screw the Hispanic vote.
And the reality is that most Hispanics, most of whom come from Mexico and Central America, don’t consider Cubans to be real Hispanics.
“Many GOP leaders have convinced themselves that supporting comprehensive immigration reform,...is critical in broadening the party’s appeal to Hispanics.”
Bull. No, such posturing is transparent pandering, and recognized as such by the people it targets. It is, in fact, very insulting.
Return to basics. Law and order. Equal justice before a court of law. Promote Constitutional principles - the inalienable rights of all U.S. citizens: freedom of religion, freedom of association, and the right to defend yourself and protect your property.
A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own.
He dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been.
When are you going to wake up and small the coffee. They don’t need to be threatened. They are doing what they believe.
Yep, Marco will forever be a hero of the left, commanding huge speaking fees, appearing on CNN to criticize the GOP,
Unless he gets the GOP nomination, in which case they will destroy him.
No one trusts a turncoat.
Even in the days when we granted asylum to Soviet defectors, we NEVER trusted them.
Rubio +2, Cruz +5 among Hispanics according to this poll.
Latino-Americans, the legal ones, oppose amnesty. Pandering doesn't attract their vote.
Rubio +2, Cruz +5 among Hispanics according to this poll.
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