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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-poll-latinos-gop-obama-20121105,0,5994765.story

<snip>At least one poll suggests that President Obama will score big with Latinos, capturing a record percentage of that powerful voting bloc (Latinos make up about 10% of the electorate). A poll released Monday by Latino Decision and impreMedia found that 73% of likely Latino voters said they plan to cast their ballots for Obama, with 24% favoring former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 3% undecided. If those numbers continue to track, Obama is looking at a historic showing, surpassing the 72% of Latino voters who went for President Clinton in 1996. The polling firm is a nonpartisan group that focuses on Latinos.

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http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/01/3890576/commentary-hispanic-voter-turnout.html

<snip>According to the latest polls, Romney may be the Republican candidate who will get the smallest percentage of Latino votes in recent history.

An NBC/Telemundo/Wall Street Journal poll released last week shows that Obama leads Romney by a whopping 70-25 percent among Latino voters nationwide. Another poll by Latino Decisions shows Obama ahead by 70 to 21 percent of the Latino vote.

If Romney gets less than 25 percent of the Hispanic vote, it will be the worst performance of any Republican candidate since 1996. Republican candidate George W. Bush got 35 percent of the Latino vote in 2000 and 40 percent in 2004, while former Republican candidate Sen. John McCain got 31 percent of the Latino vote in 2008.

It doesn’t take a political scientist to explain why Romney is so unpopular among Hispanics. He earned it all by himself.