"Poll: Rubio’s DREAM Act Even Less Popular Among Latinos Than Mitt Romney" by Henry Decker

[applegrove]

Poll: Rubio’s DREAM Act Even Less Popular Among Latinos Than Mitt Romney

by Henry Decker at The National Memo

http://www.nationalmemo.com/poll-rubios-dream-act-even-less-popular-among-latinos-than-mitt-romney/

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According to a new Latino Decisions poll, the Republican party’s attempts to reach out to Latino voters are falling completely flat.

The poll, which surveyed 609 Latino adults and 500 non-Latino adults across all 50 states, found that Latino voters support President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by an overwhelming 66 to 23 percent margin. Obama’s 43 point lead is unchanged from a November Latino Decisions/Univision poll that showed the president leading Romney 67 percent to 24 percent.

One way that the Romney campaign has tried to turn around its numbers with Latinos is by giving a prominent role to Cuban-American Senator Marco Rubio. Unfortunately for Romney, the poll shows that Rubio’s signature policy — a watered down version of the DREAM Act — is even less popular with Latino voters than Romney himself.

87 percent of Latinos support Dick Durbin’s original DREAM Act, which would provide undocumented immigrant youth legal resident status, and eventually a path to citizenship if they attend college or serve in the military. Only 10 percent oppose it.

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[freshwest]

1. Good statistics. Now to GOTV.

[dballance]

2. That's What They Get for Toting out a Token Latino

Glad to see everyone isn't stupid after all.

[SunSeeker]

3. K&R

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Well

So much for using that as a "trap" against Dems- as suggested by Talking Points Memo.

[flamingdem]

5. I wonder how Spanish news treats this

and if corporate interests push Rubio or not