GOP Hispanic Outreach Falls Flat; Poll Shows Democrats With 59 percent-23

[DaveColorado]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=69562

DNC: GOP Hispanic Outreach Falls Flat; Poll Shows Democrats With 59 percent-23 percent Lead if Elections Were Held Today

7/20/2006 4:40:00 PM

To: National Desk

Contact: Luis Miranda of the DNC Press Office, 202-863-8148

WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Washington Post reports today that despite the Republican Party's rosy rhetoric about their outreach to Hispanic voters and the inroads they've made, Hispanics are in fact now overwhelmingly rejecting the failed leadership of President Bush and the Republican Congress. The results come less than a month after Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman told an audience of Latino elected officials from around the country that reaching out to Hispanics was "vitally important" and claimed that "a Republican Party that does not reach out to Hispanics cannot win ... and a Republican Party that does not reach out to Hispanics does not deserve to win." (Washington Post, 7/20/2006; Ken Mehlman remarks at NALEO, 6/22/2006)

The report details a new poll that shows that although Bush "had boosted the Republican share of the overall Hispanic vote to 40 percent in 2004, with almost all his gains coming among the Spanish-speaking voters," today Spanish speakers, roughly half of the Hispanic voting population, would choose the Democrat "59 percent to 23 percent -- far better than the 52 percent to 48 percent showing Kerry achieved among Spanish speakers in 2004." (Washington Post, 7/20/2006)

The poll, released yesterday, shows a full 61 percent of respondents saying the country is headed in the wrong direction, and President Bush with a 58 percent unfavorable rating. In a rebuke of Republican economic policies, an overwhelming 86 percent of respondents worried that the cost of living has increased, and ranked the economy only second to the war in Iraq when asked to identify the greatest issues facing the country. Democrats also outperformed Republicans in 17 of 20 issues, including "respects more my religious beliefs," "better use of my tax money," and "family values." (New Democrat Network, 7/19/2006)

The news also comes just a week after a Pew Hispanic Center Survey showed that 75 percent of Hispanics believe many more Hispanics will vote in the November elections, and that when they do, registered Hispanic voters would choose Democrats over Republicans 46 percent vs 9 percent as the party "perceived to have more concern for Latinos." (Pew Hispanic Center, 7/13/2006)

[Erika]

1. Hispanics believe in a fair and Christian society

where the needs of the poor are absorbed by the rich. This is 100% contradiction of the GOP which says the rich earned the money, and the poor are lazy slobs who deserve poverty and neglect.

The GOP party stands for greed. Period.

[DanCa]

2. And death don't forget death.

Trust me I know. That wasn't a veto the chimp signed it was a death warrant.

[bliss_eternal]

3. What the hell did they expect...?

Their fuhrer declared war on illegal immigrants. While there are illegal immigrants here of many races and ethnicities from around the globe, the GOP base seems obsessed with the illegals that are "brown", Mexican or Hispanic.

I've heard many (on the news, in public, etc.) that represented themselves as rw-ers that have said particularly hateful things about Hispanics in regard to immigration and bush's latest antics around it.

They've got a hell of a lot of nerve, imo.

[Erika]

4. We have no fences with Canada, do we?

Yet, terrorists could cross there far easier than the Mexican border.

Republicans just don't like or trust anyone who isn't white. Plantation owner syndrome?

[bliss_eternal]

5. Absolutely...

...keep all the darkies in their place. :eyes: :mad: :puke: Excellent point about the Canadian border.

[Hekate]

6. Exactly; the RW continually conflates American-Hispanics w/ illegal aliens

At best it is irritatingly ignorant. At worst (and it has become that with all the repetition) it is racism and xenophophobia that targets all Latinos/Hispanics regardless of whether they've been in this country for 5 generations or not.

And somehow the Republican party thinks US Latinos have not noticed this? :crazy:

Hekate