2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPresident Obama's secret weapon: Latinos - and new poll shows them fired up
Everyone agrees the importance of the Latino vote in this years close election all boils down to one thing: turnout. While the conventional wisdom has been that Latinos are not as enthusiastic about the election as in 2008, this is not what a new impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll has found.
It looks like the Sleeping Giant has woken up, stated Monica Lozano, CEO of impreMedia. The poll shows that this year we can anticipate record participation among Latino voters.
The new poll finds 87 percent of Hispanics say they are almost certain they will vote, including 8 percent of Latinos who have already cast their ballots through early voting. Eight percent of Latinos is about a million voters, thats a pretty big deal, says Gabriel Sanchez, a University of New Mexico political scientist.
What is more, the poll finds voter enthusiasm is going up 45 percent of Hispanics say they are more enthusiastic about voting in this election than in 2008, and this number has increased in the last ten weeks, when the number was 37 percent. In 2008, 84 percent of registered Latinos voted, according to the Census.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/29/14782235-obamas-secret-weapon-latinos-and-new-poll-shows-them-fired-up
http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/2012/10/29/8-percent-of-latinos-have-already-voted-early-enthusiasm-up-again-in-final-week/
ItsTheMediaStupid
(2,800 posts)The pugs probably don't get that, but I guarantee you that business about Colin Powell endorsing Obama because Obama is black sent several hundred thousand to the polls that may not have voted.
catbyte
(34,393 posts)Because Hispanics are lethargic. I don't believe it.
vinny9698
(1,016 posts)Just like blacks considered Bill Clinton to be the first African-American president. Obama's time in Indonesia, born in HI, his exposure to Asian culture all fit well with the Asian community
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)and the people in this community are fired up for Obama.