Greenberg: Florida Dems stunned by the scale of Latino turnout

[RandySF]

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Dem pollster @StanGreenberg says Latino turnout in Florida is "explosive," adding that Dems "are stunned by the scale of it":


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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. When Rubio got booed off-stage, the smart money knew how to read it.

[Cha]

12. That's what I was thinking @ the time.

[MyNameIsKhan]

2. Makes me happy... I want this orange man to be smacked so hard by a "nasty women" that he will still

remember in his grave.

[RKP5637]

3. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[calimary]

21. And I want Rubio shown the door, too.

Let's send him OUT of politics! Or at least short-circuit his big ambitions.

[manicraven]

26. Feel the same way!

[babylonsister]

4. As a relatively new Floridian, YAY, and my thanks!! nt

[Tom Rivers]

5. devastating news for the trump team

we're seeing this all across the board in swing states with heavy latino populations. black voters are also starting to pick up the pace a bit. if dems win florida, north carolina, and nevada, it makes it easier to survive a surprise or two that may occur with the blue firewall.

[Farmgirl1961]

6. ¡Mil gracias a todos de los Latinos!

[book_worm]

7. Reason why some FL polls are close is because they under poll latinos

thinking that it won't be higher than in 2012.

[sarcasmo]

25. The death of the landline really skews the polls.

[4lbs]

31. Latinos have been seriously underpolled in California, Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Texas.

Latinos are 25 to 38% of the population in those states, but many of the polls have only about 5% or less Latinos polled. I.E. poll has 800 respondents, but less than 5% are Latino.

Many voting Latinos prefer the polling questionnaires in Spanish, and if they are in English only, they just refuse to take part.

Thus, the pollsters vastly under sample Latinos.

[LisaL]

8. Good news!

[bettyellen]

9. They are throwing their proverbial chancletas at Donald and I fucking love watching it.

[0rganism]

10. this will be the election where the power of the Latino vote is made obvious

previously, its effect was significant but diluted; Republicans could count on a substantial share (esp. in Florida)
now, there is no doubt which way it will go, and it won't be to tRump

i think the polls are vastly understating Hillary's margins; when it's all said and done, i'd be surprised if she wins by less than 8% nationally

[Cha]

11. Muchas Gracias Latinos!

Mahalo,RSF

[tavernier]

13. Careful, though...

Although I believe most Central and South American Latinos will vote for HRC, there is still a large segment of the Cuban population in Florida who will never vote Dem.

[Dem2]

15. Some believe that Cubans may be the Republicans who are crossing over to vote for Hillary

I know anecdotal evidence is useless, but my Cuban friends who live in Florida are posting a lot of anti-Trump stuff on FB. They know what a dictator can do to a country, and they seem intent on not having one take over the USA.

[tableturner]

16. Yes, but many GOP Latinos are voting for HRC, then there are hundreds of thousands of...

....Latino's of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Central American, and South American heritage who are overwhelmingly voting for Hillary. Don't forget, Cubans are a fast decreasing percentage of Florida's Latinos. Plus, even many Cubans who normally vote Republican cannot bring themselves to vote for a guy with such a negative attitude toward Latinos.

[brush]

27. Just the older Cubans are still staunch repugs. The younger generations are leaning left . . .

just as the other young Latinos in Florida are.

[pstokely]

20. have they not gotten over Elian?

I'm sure if Elian had stayed with those distant relatives, he would have been brainwashed into a young teabagger

[tavernier]

29. Elian is still a big factor

as well as Bay of Pigs and most recently Obama's decision to start opening doors. The younger generation are more hopeful, but I live in the Keys amongst a very large Cuban community, and believe me, young Cuban males are the most outspoken in their support of Trump.

[True_Blue]

17. Wonderful news!

Viva la Florida!

[Coyotl]

18. Watch nevada, texas, New Mexico, and California do the same. Thank you Trump.

Lots of room for more turnout in several gropups:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Voter_Turnout_by_Race-Ethnicity,_2008_US_Presidential_Election.png

[Hekate]

19. Kickety!

[CajunBlazer]

22. K&R

[BlancheSplanchnik]

23. So good, I ACTUALLY was inspired to send my first tweet!

I said, I think we're gonna be seeing a lot more of that.

[sarcasmo]

24. Kick for the Latinos kicking Don Scion in the A$$.

[Awsi Dooger]

28. I played golf again Friday afternoon with rightwing Cubans who support Trump

Very quiet. They weren't chirping like last Friday after the Comey story broke. I sense they know how other Hispanics are voting, and what it means.

[DCBob]

30. The power of the Latino vote is beginning to show...

and the GOP is freaking out about it. This election could set Latinos as a huge solid Democratic voting block for decades if not forever. Thanks to Moron Trump!

[wildeyed]

32. Trump has screwed the GOP for the next decade if this is true.

The thing is, Latino voters used to break 50/50 for Dems and Reps about a decade ago. But Reps have been DRIVING them into the Democratic party as hard as they can since then. Racist Mofos did it to themselves. And they want to whine about how Dems are somehow "rigging" the vote when they just have crap ideas and bad social skills.

[Sunlei]

33. I hope we break the turnout record!