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Exclusive poll: Obama's support among Hispanic voters eroding
Bay News 9 (FL) ^ | October 13, 2012 | By Holly Gregory

Posted on 10/13/2012 6:15:53 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

ST. PETERSBURG -- There are two million Hispanic voters in Florida. It's a constituency that has the power to shift a tight election, so both political parties have tried to sway the Hispanic vote their way.

An exclusive Tampa Bay Times/Bay News 9 statewide poll shows many Hispanic voters dropping their support for Obama.

Last month, 52 percent of Hispanic voters polled said they would vote for the president. That has now dropped to 44 percent.

Romney picked up some ground among Hispanics, from 43 percent to 46 percent. And the number of undecided Hispanic voters has doubled from 5 to 10 percent.

(Excerpt) Read more at baynews9.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2012polls; darkhellmutt; election2012; hispandering; hispanic; hispanicvote; latino
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1 posted on 10/13/2012 6:16:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

El Presidente está marchitando “Rapido y Furioso”


2 posted on 10/13/2012 6:23:17 AM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wait... Is Florida an anomaly because of the Cuban population? ‘Cuz if Obama’s below 50% in other heavily Hispanic states, he's beyond toast— he should quit now!
3 posted on 10/13/2012 6:25:05 AM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Apparently he hasn’t been pandering enough. He needs to start negotiations with Mexico to return the Western United States back to Mexico.

That should get him back above 50%.


4 posted on 10/13/2012 6:25:25 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Rasmussen Saturday: Romney 49 Obama 48


5 posted on 10/13/2012 6:25:37 AM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: MacMattico

First the Jewish vote, now the Hispanic vote.


6 posted on 10/13/2012 6:26:18 AM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: Perdogg

What about the midget vote?


7 posted on 10/13/2012 6:29:44 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Interesting that Romney’s numbers overtaking Obama’s is not the headline, even though it’s the far more important aspect of the numeric change. Obama’s numbers could similarly fall with blacks, from 94% to 88%, but that would not change his control in that demographic. Here, the lead has been taken... but only Obama’s decline seems to matter to the headline writer.


8 posted on 10/13/2012 6:30:26 AM PDT by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: MacMattico

I was talking to a lady yesterday who told me that 4 years ago she worked with Hispanics for Obama here in Mobile. Said six months after the election she asked herself what the heck she’d done by voting for him.....the group leader called her earlier this week to ask if she’d work this year and when she said no, that she was voting for Romney, the “friend” (they’ve been best friends since they were 13) cussed her out and hung up on her. Libs are sooooooo civil, aren’t they!


9 posted on 10/13/2012 6:31:49 AM PDT by BamaDi ("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
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To: MacMattico

Yeah, the Cubans have a good deal of political sense.


10 posted on 10/13/2012 6:39:57 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
My wife is a Mexican National (here legally after several thousand dollars to lawyers) just got her citizenship and she HATES Obama.

When the campaign started she asked whether she was Democrat or Republican.

I said: Do you believe in Abortion on demand paid by tax payers? Do you believe that we can tax our way to prosperity? Do you believe that teachers and not parents know what is best for your children in terms of nutrition, sex education and sexual orientation?

She put a Romney sign in our front yard the next day.

11 posted on 10/13/2012 6:42:19 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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Wait... Is Florida an anomaly because of the Cuban population? ‘Cuz if Obama’s below 50% in other heavily Hispanic states, he's beyond toast— he should quit now!
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Yes, The majority of Cubans are republican, and we have a huge Cuban population. I would love this to be true across the county, but I don't think Florida is a good predictor of how Hispanics will vote.

12 posted on 10/13/2012 6:46:52 AM PDT by kara37
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re: Wait... Is Florida an anomaly because of the Cuban population?

Yes, I think Florida is an anomaly. In Nevada the Hispanic support for Obama has not wavered. In fact, the increased Hispanic population is one of the major reasons why the state has gone blue in recent years after decades of being a red state.

13 posted on 10/13/2012 6:56:54 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think the recent Univision special coverage of Fast & Furious could have had much to do with educating the Hispanic folks as to how little the regime cares for them, as well as anyone else.


14 posted on 10/13/2012 7:06:07 AM PDT by redfreedom (Just a simpleton enjoying the freedoms a fly-over/red state has to offer.)
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To: P-Marlowe
Apparently he hasn’t been pandering enough. He needs to start negotiations with Mexico to return the Western United States back to Mexico.

That should get him back above 50%.


Actually, that would get Obama way below 50% of the Hispanic vote, since a large portion of the population of those states is the Hispanic (mostly Mexican, legal and illegal) voters.

Democrats would never win the presidency again.
15 posted on 10/13/2012 7:09:48 AM PDT by adorno
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To: Perdogg

With Biden’s performance on Thursday they lost the women’s vote as well.


16 posted on 10/13/2012 7:15:32 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You mean they’re finally figuring out that he cares no one bit for their(or their relatives) lives? The only thing he cares about is getting their votes and he’ll lie to get them.


17 posted on 10/13/2012 7:24:10 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All the gay Hispanics will vote for Obama.


18 posted on 10/13/2012 8:35:42 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Nevadan

In the latest SurveyUSA poll for Nevada, hispanic support for Obama was 54 to 41 percent, 10-15 points below his 2008 level.


19 posted on 10/13/2012 8:50:47 AM PDT by Perdogg (Vote like the US Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
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To: pallis

don’t count out the goat loving lobby either:

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_21758995/washington-county-man-accused-sex-goat


20 posted on 10/13/2012 8:57:30 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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