Poll: Obama up 61 points with Nevada Latinos, up 30 points in Florida

By ALEXANDER BURNS |
10/5/12 7:00 AM EDT

The latest polling focused on Latino voters has shown President Obama holding steady around the 70-percent mark with Latinos nationally, and the firm Latino Decisions is out with data today showing an even more dramatic result from one 2012 swing state.

In Nevada, Latino Decisions found that 78 percent of Latino voters are either certain to (69 percent) or leaning toward (9 percent) supporting Obama. Only 15 percent were certain to support Mitt Romney, with another 2 percent leaning.

The numbers were tighter in Florida, with its more conservative Cuban-American population, but Obama’s standing is still strong for a Democrat in a presidential race. Sixty-one percent of Florida Latinos are either certainly (56 percent) or probably (5 percent) supporting him. Romney is at 27 percent certain, 4 percent probable support.

If Obama wins reelection on numbers like these with the Latino community, outdoing his 2008 performance against John McCain, alarm about the GOP’s demographic future will be one of the major themes of the 2012 aftermath. Four years ago, Obama won Latino voters by 54 points in Nevada and 15 points in Florida.

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