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July 11, 2011

Obama Loses 30 Percent of Hispanic Support

AP File

12:45 AM 07/11/2011

President Barack Obama is hosting a White House meeting for Hispanic advocacy groups Monday, just a week after a Gallup poll of Hispanic voters revealed potentially lethal news for his reelection chances.

The Gallup poll showed that Obama's support among Hispanics fell almost a third in the last 18 months, down from 73 percent in December 2009 to 52 percent in June 2011. That's very bad news for Democrats, because Obama's re-election strategy depends on a Hispanic landslide in swing states such as Florida and Virginia.

But it is good news for Republicans, who are trying to boost their share of the overall Hispanic vote up to and beyond 40 percent.

 

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