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I'll admit, even I am surprised by these numbers. This is fantastic.
The "Republicans Hate Hispanics" card is going to be played this season. Be interesting to see if it sparks any backlash among hispanics.
Liberals widely believed in 2008 that Arizona's new anti-immigration law would spark a backlash against the Republicans who backed it. The backlash never came, though, and the Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that the law may stand.
Will that scenario replay for likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney? Liberal activists have tagged his immigration stance, calling for illegals to "self deport," as a serious drag. But a closer look shows that Latino voters are conflicted over immigration and also deem it a relatively low-priority issue...
Almost as many Latinos support Arizona's law, 47%, as oppose it, 49%, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. Asked if they thought the Supreme Court should toss the law, Latinos favored keeping it, 45%-43%. For all Americans, the numbers are 62%-27% in favor of keeping it.
An October 2010 study by Pew found that just 29% of Latinos said illegal immigrants' impact was positive vs. 31% who said the impact was negative. Another 30% saw no impact...
Among native-born Hispanics, 36% said illegal immigration had had a negative effect, while only 24% said it was positive.
The same study found that Latinos rated immigration fourth on their list of top issues, behind education, jobs and health care. Only 32% rated it as extremely important. For U.S.-born Latinos, immigration ranks sixth, also dropping below the budget deficit and the environment...
Amazingly, Pew even found that immigration reform wasn't the top issue for illegal immigrants, with only 27% of them calling it extremely important. It placed fourth on their lists too....
A narrow plurality of all Latinos, 48%-46%, back increased border patrols. A majority, 58%, favors a national identity card....
The "Republicans Hate Hispanics" card is going to be played this season. Be interesting to see if it sparks any backlash among hispanics.
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