Posted on 12/01/2014 7:05:19 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A striking graph from Washington Post. For most of the country, his job approval has been flat in the low to mid-40s for nearly a year. His approval among Latinos was mostly flat too from February to the beginning of September, albeit a bit higher in the mid-50s. Then he announced on September 6th that executive action on immigration would be postponed; two and a half months after that, he finally came through with the power grab that amnesty fans have been dreaming of.
Follow the bouncing ball:
After the postponement, Latino support dropped below the 50 percent mark, almost to parity with the wider population. But as the White House started insisting that they’d act after the election, it began to creep up — and then, after he declared himself the lawgiver-in-chief on immigration in late November, it took off. At 68 percent, his job approval among Latinos is now the highest it’s been since early 2013, when he was still enjoying a post-reelection honeymoon with the electorate. Now, look at that red line and ask yourself how Democratic leaders are likely to react circa summer 2016 if Hillary’s stuck in a tight race with her GOP opponent and desperate for something to goose Democratic base voters. I wonder if one reason why Obama didn’t go even bigger with his own amnesty, reaching the eight-to-ten million threshold on legalization that some amnesty fans begged for, is because he wanted to leave some policy meat on the bone either for President Hillary or for himself. The thing about amnesty is, there’s always another amnesty right around the corner to “complete” the previous one. Especially when the political incentives are as sweet as they appear to be.
How sweet are they really, though? Conn Carroll notes that big gains among Latinos may comes at the expense of losses among a more populous group:
He’s been basically flat at -4 among college-educated whites since 2010, but among less educated whites — the sort of people who’ll feel a fresh new supply of low-skilled labor most acutely — he’s at -8. How low can that number go post-amnesty before Democrats are hemorrhaging so badly that another amnesty loses them more voters than it gains? Remember, for all of his supposed connection with white working-class voters, especially in the south, Bill Clinton campaigned for Alison Lundergan Grimes and Mark Pryor in Kentucky and Arkansas, respectively, this past fall — and saw both of them crushed by much wider margins than expected. Would Obama dare drop another amnesty bomb a few months before the 2016 election when the fallout on the white vote could be unpredictable?
Exit question via Grover Norquist: The natural Republican counter to Obama’s insistence on immigration reform is to, er, pass some immigration reform, right?
Yes, but he won’t be running again.
That was the point - especially after the election.
I posted a comment at the Slimes site - “does anything think Obama would have done this if he expected the Hispanics to vote Republican?” Well I’m just shocked that the slimes wouldn’t even post my comment. /s
I wonder how the poll of people who stood in line, paid the costs, and jumped through hoops for citizenship feel. Doesn’t matter because the volume of line-jumpers is many times larger. Pathetic.
Does it mention how large a voting bloc Latinos are in elections?
Or that Obama is not running?
or that ‘Latinos’ comprises many who are not included in any voting bloc?
I do hope people can be realistic about this farce, but then that would be expecting too much.
That was until he announced via Executive Order that presidents can now run for a third consecutive term which is why he is courting Hispanics now..
If his Amnesty isn't stopped, who is to stop him from extending presidential terms via EO?
Latino’s teaming with a criminal. You ARE known by the company you keep.
Latino, or Mexican..
Of course it has. Barry is going to give them all of the gringos’ dinero and lots of free sh*t! This isn’t unexpected. These are the people Alexis de Toqueville warned us about.
Or does it mention that those 14 percent are people who came across after Obama announced his amnesty?
You stupid freaking GOPe had better figure out that no matter how much of our Constitution and money you give away to the scum sucking illegals, they will never come over to your side.
We need a one line bill that simply states: The existing immigration laws already in force will be strictly enforced with no exceptions.
Enough of selling out the nation.
Obama hopes they demand a third term
These Latinos love the dictators..screw the constitution they would rather be ruled over
This country is no more. This country has been bought and sold by the Democrat party, for the Party, for votes and votes only, and screw the citizens.
Every Democrat politician ought to be hung. The country then needs to be split in two, with the leftist parasites going their way and the constitutional conservatives going the other way.
I’m sick of these back-stabbing traitors.
Here’s what I’m wondering:
The Democrat party is desperate to move on from 2014, and they want the southwest in their pocket.
If this move nets their presidential candidate Colorado(9) and Nevada(6), their path to 270 gets much, much easier - to the point where it’s almost mathematically impossible for the Republican candidate to win.
While the rest of the country moves on from this illegal abuse of executive power, Hispanic voters will remember, with “help” from their spanish-speaking media outlets. The GOP cannot let this issue die over the next two years.
if Latinos , or any other group , can find reason to support , or even believe , this lying , deceitful , deceptive , obfuscating bastard , causes me to lose any respect for them .
They all belong in de-programming camps , or out of our country .
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