Poll: 61% Of Hispanic Voters Support President Obama
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Republicans and Democrats know the key voting bloc to capture in each election going forward will be Hispanic Americans. According to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal, President Barack Obama and Democrats are currently doing very well with the key demographic.
According to the poll, Hispanic voters approve of the job President Obama is doing in handling the economy by a 54-38 percent margin. The numbers are similar on foreign policy where 53 percent give Obama thumbs up on his handling of foreign affairs.
When pollsters asked Hispanic voters about whether they had positive or negative views of political parties and leaders, Democrats again came out ahead. Fifty-eight percent said they had either a somewhat positive or very positive view of President Obama. Fifty-one percent had a similar view of the Democratic Party.
On the flip side, 40 percent said they had a somewhat negative or very negative view of the Republican Party and another 35 percent said they had a similar view of Romney.
Nearly six in 10 Hispanic voters said they would prefer a Democratically-controlled Congress, while just 30 percent want Republicans to control the next Congress. Plus, if the election were held today, 61 percent of Hispanic voters said they'd vote for Obama compared to 27 percent who would vote for Mitt Romney.
Still, only 50 percent of those surveyed voted in the 2008 election. That means if Democrats want to win, they will have to put together a massive get out the vote campaign among Hispanic voters. If they successfully do that, it could swing many elections in favor of the Democratic Party.
