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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 05:38 PM Apr 2015

Self reported Hispanic, Jeb Bush,Trails Hillary Clinton Among Hispanics, Polls Show

He speaks Spanish flawlessly, has personal ties to Central America, and raised his family in the diverse melting pot of South Florida, but Jeb Bush trails Hillary Clinton among Hispanic voters in a possible 2016 presidential match up, according to ABC News/Washington Post polling.

According to the last two ABC News/Washington Post polls, conducted by Langer Research Associates, the former Florida governor trails Clinton with registered Hispanic voters 71-26, a margin of 3-1 -- nearly the same margin by which Hispanics supported President Obama over Mitt Romney in 2012.


While Bush might have the credentials to woo Hispanic voters compared to the rest of the Republican field, Hispanics identify as Democrats rather than Republicans by 45-15 percent. Of those who don't identify with either party, most are Democratic-leaning independents.

In 2004, Bush's elder brother, former President George W. Bush, lost Hispanics to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry by 18 percentage points, 58-40 percent, a result likely narrowed, in part, because of Bush's status in Texas and Kerry's lackluster challenge.

Former President Bush's 40 percent was the high-water mark for any Republican presidential candidate among Hispanics in exit polls back to 1976. George W. Bush won 35 percent of Hispanics in 2000.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeb-bush-trails-hillary-clinton-hispanics-polls-show/story?id=30123472

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Self reported Hispanic, Jeb Bush,Trails Hillary Clinton Among Hispanics, Polls Show (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 OP
Trailing? 3 to 1 is a shellacking, ABC! Demographically speaking, not a chance for Bush in a general Fred Sanders Apr 2015 #1
Maybe he will don a sombrero or something./NT DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2015 #3
Dios mios NightWatcher Apr 2015 #2
!No lo creo! KamaAina Apr 2015 #4
So, he'll definitely have to tap Susana Martinez as his running mate? Not sure how that changes... Tarheel_Dem Apr 2015 #5
Hijo de La Chingada BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #6
The same margin as Obama vs Romney Cali_Democrat Apr 2015 #7
Self reported Hispanic...LOL! This is going to follow him around for years! Rex Apr 2015 #8

Tarheel_Dem

(31,233 posts)
5. So, he'll definitely have to tap Susana Martinez as his running mate? Not sure how that changes...
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:46 PM
Apr 2015

things, but since there's no hope of attracting waves of black voters, they'll have to make a huge play for Hispanics.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
8. Self reported Hispanic...LOL! This is going to follow him around for years!
Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:20 PM
Apr 2015

What a dundering dunderhead!

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