Latest Latino Decisions poll shows virtually no movement to Romney (Obama 72, Romney 20)

[TroyD]

Republicans fail to increase their image among Latinos, but have opportunity on education

by Latino Decisions on 10/08/2012

The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll released today revealed a continued trend in support for President Obama, and increased dissatisfaction with Republican outreach towards Latino voters, with a possible opening for Romney on his education plan.

Overall, seventy-two percent of Latino voters said that if the election were held today they will vote for Barack Obama, compared to just 20% for Romney. When asked who was to blame for lack of progress in the economic recovery, an overwhelming majority (60%) blamed partisan gridlock in Congress while only 15% named Obama and 14% blamed Republicans. In evaluating Congress, 55% of Latinos had a favorable view of Democrats in Congress and 24% had a favorable view of Republicans in Congress. The seventh wave of the tracking poll was in the field September 28-October 4.

In terms of 2012 vote for the House of Representatives, support for congressional Democrats stayed steady, with 68% of respondents saying they are planning to vote Democrat in the upcoming election, compared to 18% planning to vote Republican.

After months of an intense campaign, the Republican Party has not been able to move the dial on how Latinos perceive outreach towards the community, while Democrats continue to be on the rise. For the most part, the numbers remained steady for both parties, with 50% of voters saying that Republicans “don’t care too much” when asked if they were doing a good job of reaching out to Hispanics/Latinos, compared to 16% who felt they were doing a good job and 17% who said the Republicans were hostile towards Latinos. For Democrats, the numbers were opposite; with 65% saying they felt Democrats were doing a good job compared to 22% who said they “don’t care too much,” and 5% who said they were hostile.

More:

http://www.latinodecisions.com/blog/2012/10/08/republicans-fail-to-increase-their-image-among-latinos-but-have-opportunity-on-education/

[WI_DEM]

1. how do you know it's post debate?

"The seventh wave of the tracking poll was in the field September 28-October 4." if that was the time frame of this poll it means that it's only one day post-debate. Not that I think Romney will have made massive gains among latinos. The main thing is that the Dems need to get their voters to the polls on election day.

[TroyD]

3. I guess I could change the title a bit

That's the way it was being promoted online when I followed the link.

[bigdarryl]

2. And Wall Street Journal poll is supposed to come out saying only 50% will vote

compared to 77% in 2008

[WI_DEM]

4. We really need to get the excitement back on our side

Obama blew it Wednesday night, no doubt about it. But there is time to regain the momentum.

[writes3000]

5. I simply don't believe that statistic.

I think people underestimate the level of fear and loathing Republicans have fostered in minority communities.