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Republican Leads by 10 Points in California District that is 67% Hispanic: Canary in a coal mine
The Weekly Standard ^ | October 26, 2010 | John McCormack

Posted on 10/26/2010 11:31:52 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A new SurveyUSA poll shows Democrat Jim Costa trailing Republican Andy Vidak by 10 points, 42% to 52%. Obama won the Fresno-based district with 60% of the vote in 2008, and Cook Political Report has the race rated "Leans Democrat."

An interesting fact from Cook (subscription required): "This district is now 67 percent Hispanic, but it also has a serious cultural conservative streak. Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban passed statewide [in 2008], garnered 72 percent of the vote here." The provision to fund abortion coverage in Obamacare is probably hurting Costa in this district--SurveyUSA reports that 56% of likely voters in the district are "pro-life" and 40% "pro-choice" (a third-party group recently hit Barbara Boxer in an ad for not representing "our values" on issues like abortion and marriage).

Polls like this one explain why Obama is explicitly urging Latinos to "punish" their "enemies" on Election Day. The bad news for Obama and Democrats like Jim Costa is that many Latinos oppose liberal policies.


TOPICS: California; Campaign News; Polls; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: 2010; abortion; andyvidak; ca2010; california; fresno; hispanics; vidak
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It's 1894 again! Google it!
1 posted on 10/26/2010 11:31:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s a huge swing!


2 posted on 10/26/2010 11:35:07 AM PDT by matt1234 (The only crisis 0bama can manage is one he intentionally created.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
If only this would happen to Loretta Sanchez.
3 posted on 10/26/2010 11:35:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We conservatives are all fools and delusional.

George Soros and the shadow party of billionaires have fixed the entire election in each state because they know it those who count the votes are the most important people and not the voters themselves.

Be prepared for another 40 years of Obama.

Hail Messiah!


4 posted on 10/26/2010 11:37:25 AM PDT by techno
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To: matt1234

Hispanics really need to consider what will happen if they support Democrats. When Republicans take the House and possibly the Senate, where will that put them? When Republicans see Hispanics not supporting them, what should they expect from Republicans?


5 posted on 10/26/2010 11:39:00 AM PDT by RC2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“It’s 1894 again! Google it!”

Grover Cleveland’s Mid-term, after the Great Panic of 1890. I’ve been making comparisons to it, for a year!!!


6 posted on 10/26/2010 11:39:14 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If only this would happen to Loretta Sanchez.

Stay tuned.

7 posted on 10/26/2010 11:41:47 AM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
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To: techno

How did we get Governors Christy and McDonnell


8 posted on 10/26/2010 11:41:47 AM PDT by rushmom
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To: techno

If so, it’ll devolve into a civil war rather quickly:

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


9 posted on 10/26/2010 11:41:54 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: Jim Robinson; John Robinson

Is this your district?


10 posted on 10/26/2010 11:43:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: techno

Soros and Obama will get the last laugh as they retain both the House and the Senate. All the polls are rigged, Rush is on the take, Glenn Beck is actually buddy-buddy with Axelrod and Sarah Palin is in bed with Soros.

You folks have been had. Congratulations for being such suckers. As PT Barnum said, “There is a sucker born every minute.”

And the folks on our side are prime to be fleeced.

Obama will never relinquish power a la Castro. Bow down to your Messiah you fools. That is your only hope to survive the next two years as the 22nd Amendment is abolished.

Next your guns will be confiscated in the national interest and elections will be abolished forever.

Hail Messiah. Get used to it suckers! Voter fraud reigns forever.


11 posted on 10/26/2010 11:44:22 AM PDT by techno
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To: techno

Thanks for the encouragement!


12 posted on 10/26/2010 11:45:20 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

You’re welcome.


13 posted on 10/26/2010 11:46:02 AM PDT by techno
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This may be the sign of the end for the Dems nationwide


14 posted on 10/26/2010 11:46:40 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: matt1234

Carly has worked the Central Valley very hard. She has emphasized Boxer’s extemist environmental and abortion views and Boxer’s refusal to help farmers in the Valley get the water they need to farm. If you will pardon the pun, Carly’s work may be having a trickle down effect in this Congressional District.


15 posted on 10/26/2010 11:47:03 AM PDT by p. henry
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There is a young Republican-—I think the youngest Congressman in the House-—from the Caterpiller/Peoria district of IL which is something like 50% black and is 60% Dem, and he is as conservative as you can get. he said his secret is that he went to every union hall and every black church and said, “I want your vote. We won’t always agree, but I’ll always be honest and I’ll always come back and listen.” And many said, “That’s the first time a Republican ever came to our church to talk to us.”


16 posted on 10/26/2010 11:50:43 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: techno
Next your guns will be confiscated in the national interest and elections will be abolished forever

Ever hear of Charlton Heston?

Stop doing peyote during the day time, it's making you crazy.

17 posted on 10/26/2010 11:50:47 AM PDT by USS Alaska
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To: techno

Rush believes there is not enough voter fraud out there to cause the GOP from gaining the House.

Hey he’s only right 99.6% of the time. Could he be wrong this time?

“They would have to cheat to the point where everyone would notice it.” (because of low turnout by the other side)

By the way I was being completely sarcastic about Rush being on the take, Beck being buddy-buddy with Axelrod and Palin being in bed with Soros. But I am dead serious that Soros and his minions will try everything they can so that the Dems still control Congress after the midterms.

Do not take anything for granted. Our enemies are evil and all their intentions are nefarious.


18 posted on 10/26/2010 11:56:34 AM PDT by techno
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A well-known local hispanic politician has for reasons that escape me changed from Dem to Independent and is actively and publicly promoting Repub candidates. Including spanish-language ads on the spanish stations.


19 posted on 10/26/2010 11:58:28 AM PDT by marron
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OMgosh. I saved that link like 10 years ago because I liked it so much. Thanks for bringing it back into the light.


20 posted on 10/26/2010 12:19:11 PM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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