Posted on 02/02/2015 6:01:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As the field of possible GOP contenders for the White House start to take shape, it is important to assess what Latino voters think about the potential presidential candidates, if they even know who they are, and how they can possibly position themselves to court the Latino vote. There is no question that Republicans will lose the White House again in 2016 if they repeat the mistakes of Mitt "I would veto the Dream Act" Romney and lose three-quarters of the Latino vote. GOP Chairman Reince Preibus has said future Republican candidates "must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform," while former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told the Washington Post: "It was such a clear two-by-four to the head in the 2012 election," referring to Mitt Romney's low share of the Hispanic vote and poor positioning on immigration, concluding that "Republicans could never win again if that's the status."
Have Republican presidential hopefuls changed and embraced a kinder, gentler approach to immigration reform and Latino outreach? Latino Decisions has been asking voters how much they know, and what they think about the possible candidates in 2016. Here we review the findings of recent polling on Latino attitudes towards the Republican field:
Let's start with an older look, from back in July 2013 before too much jostling had started. Latino Decisions asked favorability ratings on seven GOP contenders and the biggest take away was back then, Latino voters had very low levels of information about the GOP hopefuls....
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Bogus poll...as we all know or should know Latin voters break almost even or slightly to the Rs in areas not flooded with illegals/mexicans. Look at Il, Ca, Ga, NC and so on.
You are so right on. Where I live gangs of you Mexican females run around with little kids and no dad. Building fatherless families to vote dumbocrat.
Dan Patrick is still the guy who invited Ted Cruz to be a guest on his radio program and then blew a gasket yelling at Ted Cruz to the point that the interview was re-used as a campaign commercial for Dowurst.
He may run as a conservative, but he seems to always back the GOPe when the chips are down.
I’ve got an idea! Let’s take advice from a Huffpo blogger! /s ;’) Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
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