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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Latinos are sticking with the Democrats in their troubled year, but the problem for the party's candidates is that this core constituency is far less motivated than other voters about the midterms, according to a poll conducted Aug. 17-Sept. 19 by the Pew Hispanic Center. Sixty-five percent of Latino registered voters say they support the Democratic candidate in their House district while only 22 percent back a Republican. That's about the same proportion of the Latino vote that Barack Obama won in 2008 in defeating John McCain. But only 32 percent of Latino voters say they have thought ...
When President Obama addressed the Congressional Hispanic Caucus last week at its annual gala, he was applauded 28 times in 17 minutes. The warm reception reflected the success of his outreach to Latinos, even as he has postponed immigration reform to next year and taken tough stands on undocumented immigrants. ...
Yesterday, both John McCain and Barack Obama addressed the annual League of United Latino Citizens conference in Washington D.C. At 15% of the population, Latinos are now the country's largest minority, and, as a consequence, the presidential candidates are working hard to secure the lion's share of their votes. Latinos also represent the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. voting population, so you can expect the courtship to become a fixture in American politics. Back in 2004, George W. Bush won an estimated 40% of the Latino vote. But if the Daily Standard's Matthew Continetti is right, ...
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