Poll: Bush losing Hispanic support - May 21, 2006

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060521/NEWS06/605210469/1012

WASHINGTON -- Hispanic voters, many of whom responded favorably to President Bush's campaign appeals emphasizing patriotism, family and religious values in Spanish-language media in 2004, are turning away from the administration on immigration, according to a new survey.

At the same time, another poll showed conservative white Republicans are the voting group most hostile to the administration's support for policies that would move toward the legalization of many illegal immigrants.

Cumulatively, the data underscore the perils for Bush and his party in the immigration debate churning on Capitol Hill, threatening to bleed away support simultaneously from the Republican base and from Hispanic swing voters, whom Bush strategists had hoped to make an important new part of the GOP coalition.

A survey of 800 registered Hispanic voters conducted from May 11 to Monday by the nonpartisan Latino Policy Coalition showed Democrats were viewed as better able to handle immigration issues than Republicans by nearly 3-to-1: 50 percent to 17 percent. Pitting the Democrats against President Bush on immigration issues produced a 2-to-1 Democratic advantage, 45 percent to 22 percent.

The poll findings indicate Republicans are likely to have a hard time replicating Bush's 2004 performance among Hispanic voters. According to 2004 exit polls, Bush received the backing of 40 percent of Hispanic voters, up from 34 percent in 2000.

[KingFlorez]

1. Good

The more support he loses, the better

[displacedtexan]

2. News from The Land Of DUH

Repukes won't let them vote, though.
So I guess it just doesn't matter to BushCo in the long run.

[NNN0LHI]

6. Psst. Come here. I got something to show you

From the OP: A survey of 800 registered Hispanic voters...

Don

[BlooInBloo]

3. This needs to be nationalized, into not JUST bush....

... but REPUBLICANS generally losing hispanic voters.

It's not as helpful if we allow the support drop to be "personalized", and centered primarily/exclusively on gw.

[Cha]

4. If he any they

got SUCKERED and now they see the true colors.

[wakeme2008]

5. Plus the Repugs are all included in this lost IMHO nt

[EFerrari]

7. Oy. Bush did no better with us in 2004 than he did in 2000.

This has been debunked.

Karl needs a few million votes to cover his theft but he didn't get them among Latinos and there ain't enough Fundies to cover his fat @ss.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/12/did_hispanics_e.php

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. Yep. It was GOP propoganda with self fulfilling intents

The William C. Velasquez Institute's poll which showed Kerry with 67% and Bush at 33% was was hushed into non-existence by the propoganda controlled media.
It's all about Karl Rove trying to shape reality around his wet dreams.

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2004/11/bush_didnt_win.php

[papau]

15. I agree - I had seen that you had stated my thought before I posted

down thread -

In any case great minds think alike - or something like that!

:-)

[EFerrari]

8. This part of the poll interpretation is interesting, culturally:

"Hispanic anger over some of the proposals before Congress has not crystallized into partisan resentment of the GOP, but the general tenor of the debate has prompted many Hispanics to see "Bush as a friend who has let them down. ."

When Latinos start saying you are a "friend" who has "let them down", I don't think it means what the poll interpretor thinks it means. :)

[Scoody Boo]

9. The Presidents view of Immigration...

the guest worker program and lack of resolve with border security is causing to the Mexican American vote against him. They wanted stricter enforcement, not less.

[NNN0LHI]

11. Yes I am sure many Mexican Americans just couldn't wait for some...

...fat assed half drunk Minutemen to come around asking them for their papers because they might be here illegally. All the Mexican Americans I know would really like that kind of stricter enforcement.

:crazy:

Don

[Initech]

10. Gee, ya think?

Considering that the GOP has been trying to make border control hysteria / bigotry their number one priority in November, it should come as no surprise.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

12. Problem is that Hispanics have a low voter turn out &

more need to be registered to vote. The Hispanic voter drives now going on are the real danger to the Repukes. If they turn out to vote enmasses then the GOP can be voted out. That is what they are really afraid of.

[papau]

14. 2004 exit polls for hispanics are screwed up so as to make Bush win ok

Actual 34% was unchanged from prior years.

Now it is lower is my guess.