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WI_DEM

(33,497 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:30 AM Oct 2012

Latino Decisions Tracking Poll week 8: Obama 67% Romney 23%

ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions released the latest in a series of tracking polls today revealing support for President Obama slipped from 72% last week to 67% this week, suggesting that his debate performance also led some Latino voters to re-evaluate the President. Those who said they are certain to vote for Romney increased slightly from 20% last week to 23% this week. When asked how important the presidential debates are, 76% of all Latinos said a candidate’s performance in the presidential debate was important in how they evaluated a candidate...

According to data from the poll, 32% of registered Latino voters identify as Independent, and within this group 51%, say they are planning to vote for President Obama, 29% say they will vote for Romney and 20% are undecided.

http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/2012/10/15/obama-slightly-down-among-latinos-post-debate-but-romney-stuck-in-low-20s/

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Latino Decisions Tracking Poll week 8: Obama 67% Romney 23% (Original Post) WI_DEM Oct 2012 OP

Key: ProSense Oct 2012 #1

A small decrease for Obama in Latino support TroyD Oct 2012 #2

Obama came off a little weak so this isn't surprising... smorkingapple Oct 2012 #3

ProSense

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Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:35 AM

Oct 2012

“The debate, and perhaps more importantly the press coverage after the debate, affected Latino voters like all others,” stated Gary Segura of Latino Decisions. “Support for the president, and enthusiasm for turning out to vote, have both dropped measurably. This effect extends to his party. While the president still enjoys a considerable advantage over Governor Romney and the Republicans, it is clear that he and his campaign have serious work to do to recover the heights they reached in the post-convention bounce.”

When asked if they thought Democrats were doing a good job of reaching out to Hispanics, 53% said yes compared to 65% a week ago, again suggesting the President’s debate performance impacted support for the Party as well. However, there have been no signs of improvement in perceptions of the Republican Party with 17% saying the GOP was doing a good job of outreach to Hispanics.

The media is doing a job on people's perception.

Mom is still here, and CNN is frustrating her. I told her to turn off the TV. Despite the President's gains today, CNN is still reporting as if Romney is in the middle of a surge.

The good news is that this poll was done Oct. 7 - Oct. 11.

TroyD

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2. A small decrease for Obama in Latino support

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 10:49 AM

Oct 2012

But hopefully he can make it back up in the next debate.

smorkingapple

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3. Obama came off a little weak so this isn't surprising...

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:31 AM

Oct 2012

A big reason Bush got so much Latino support in addition to the wedge issues they played up was his position of "strength".

There are some psychological underpinnings to this, the whole "macho" culture, women respecting a strong man, etc.

Obama doesn't need to beat his chest but does need to come off a little less like a wimp...

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