Replies

Poll: Bush popular with Calif. Latinos
UPI / Washington Times ^ | January 9, 2004 | PRM Consulting

Posted on 01/10/2004 4:36:40 PM EST by KMAJ2

Poll: Bush popular with Calif. Latinos

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- President George Bush enjoys a 65 percent approval rating among California Latinos likely to vote in the fall election, a new poll by PRM Consulting says.

The survey also found 74 percent give Bush high marks in the conduct of the war against global terrorism.

"This support, coupled with the strong Latino support that Republican candidates received in the recall election against a strong Latino Democrat, seems to be a strong sign that Republican outreach efforts and the president's own efforts have gone a long way in cracking the strong Democrat base within the Latino Community," PRM Consulting's Richard Babcock said Friday.

Locally, the survey found that 58 percent of Latinos had an optimistic view about the direction California was taking under new Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger while only 34 percent said the state was going in the wrong direction.

PRM Consulting is a California based demographic, survey and research firm. Its findings were compiled out of more than 1,300 telephone interviews conducted Jan. 2-4, 2004, in both Spanish and English. The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent.

8. Later this month President Bush will give his State of the Union Address to the nation. What topic are you most interested in hearing the president talk about during his speech? (OPEN ENDED)

The economy/jobs	35%
Iraq	17
Terrorism	10
Health Care	4
Medicare/ prescription Drugs	4
Education	3
Immigration/ illegal aliens	2
Social Security	2
Taxes	2
Budget Deficit	1
Other	5
None	6
Not sure	9

2%? Wow... big issue.

Yeah, I'll bet our Latino-American citizens (and non-citizens) our very pleased with the way things are going. The borders are wide open, they get free money and health care and the police are not very interested at all when they happen to break the law.

On election day, however, I expect them to vote for city, state and federal candidates that are likely to continue to shovel the benefits in their direction -- or if they can't read too good, for whatever number on the ballot they are given when they get off the bus.