Latino Decisions Tracking Poll: Obama advantage grows

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

"Mr. Self-deport," Willard "Mittens" Romney, is giving a speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles on Monday. Yeah, good luck with that.

The latest numbers from the tracking poll by Latino Decisions this morning shows Obama's advantage is growing:

With seven weeks until the election Republican candidate Mitt
Romney’s potential gender gap with women faces a new hurdle in the
Latino community, as reported today by Pilar Marrero.  According to the
fourth week of the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll Latina
voters plan to vote for President Obama by a margin of 74% to 21% for
Romney – a 53 point gap.  Among Latino men, 61% plan to vote for Obama
and 32% for Romney.  The September 17 polling data suggest the President
continues to solidify his lead among Latinos, and there are no signs of
cracks in the Obama coalition among Latino voters. Overall Obama holds
68% of the Latino vote to 26% for Romney, erasing the small bump Romney
received in the September 3 (week 2) poll release following the RNC
convention. [Full Week 4 results by gender here]

But it is among Latina voters that Romney and the Republican party
fare the worst. The impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll data show
very clearly that Hispanic women are very opposed to Mitt Romney and the
Republican party image right now. Romney’s favorability is 27% among
Latino men and just 22% among Latinas, while Republicans in Congress are
seen favorably by 29% of men, but just 20% of women in the Latino
community. Looking towards the vote in the U.S. House, 68% of Latinas
say they will vote Democrat compared to 59% of Latino men.

When you have Kris Kobach, one of the drafters of SB 1070, as your anti-immigrant adviser to your campaign, this is what can happen. Romney very well could nationalize the "Pete Wilson post-Prop. 187 effect in California" among Latino voters for the GOP this year, and for years to come.