If 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney had created enough enthusiasm among white voters to get them to the polls in the same numbers as in 2004 when George Bush was re-elected, he would have won the battleground states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida and Colorado and pulled out a narrow victory over President Obama, according to [...]
Poll: Half of Hispanics Are Politically Independent
July 2, 2012 | Posted by
A USA Today/Gallup poll finding that half of Hispanics are political independents may give some hope to Republicans as they try to woo this fastest-growing U.S. demographic group, but a closer look at the numbers will quickly squash that hope. When pressed about which party they are more likely to vote for, Democrats hold a [...]
Romney Faces Huge Challenge in Courting Hispanic Vote
June 10, 2012 | Posted by
Republican challenger Mitt Romney knows he needs a big chunk of Hispanic voters in order to beat President Obama in November, but as a story in the Christian Science Monitor laid out, Romney’s task is nearly insurmountable after he spent months bashing Hispanics with anti-immigration rhetoric in order to win the Republican nomination. Recent polls [...]
