Ooops! That Republican 'stop the vote' effort for Latinos in Nevada is backfiring badly

[DearAbby]

Those ads by a right-wing front group called "Latinos for Reform" -- urging Latinos no to vote for Democrats in the coming election because they haven't delivered on comprehensive immigration reform -- may not be turning out to be such a hot idea:

But the fever-pitch backlash to this advertisement suggests the message could bring about just the opposite effect, by energizing a Hispanic voting bloc that may have been lethargic with a new and compelling reason to get out and vote — by and large, for Democrats.

From the 2004 to 2008 elections, Hispanics grew in force from 8 percent of the electorate to 12 to 15 percent, depending on the exit poll — roughly equal to President Barack Obama’s margin of victory. Obama carried 76 percent of the Nevada Hispanic vote in 2008.

Electorate growth rates among Hispanics have slowed since. But what hasn’t is their overwhelming enthusiasm for Democrats.

“Hispanics are much more likely to view congressional Democrats favorably than other groups,” said John Tuman, chairman of UNLV’s political science department who also teaches in the Latin American studies department. According to a recent study by UNLV and the Brookings Mountain West think tank, “it’s only among Hispanics in any Mountain West state that you see Democrats having an overall net favorability ranking,” Tuman said.




More:
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/ooops-republican-stop-vote-effort-la

[spooky3]

1. Now, that's what I call justice.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Poetic justice at that!

Music to me ears!

[MindandSoul]

3. GREAT! I hope it last at least until November 3rd!

[Sonoman]

4. I have heard the commercial. It's crap.

You can listen to it in either Espanol or English and it sounds so authoritarian I cannot believe their target base would accept it.

It sounds like something some WhiteBread repubs came up with.

Blaming Dems for inaction on immigration. They are treating the target with condescension and patronage, which never goes down well. Especially with Hispanic people.

That's my two cents on it, anyway.

Sonoman

[DearAbby]

5. All I can do is smile

:rofl: No I can do better than that.

[lamp_shade]

6. Same here > > :]

[rasputin1952]

7. The GOP/Teabagggers are on a kamikaze mission...

What cubicled bunch of geniuses came up up w/this....it'd virtually guaranteeing collapse of any Hispanic support, (like there was any in the first place)?

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[DearAbby]

9. Kick