Bush Support Among Hispanics Slipping

[obnoxiousdrunk]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040722/pl_nm/campaign_hispanics_poll_dc

[Joanne98]

1. This is good news

Latinos who are registered to vote are better educated and more likely to use English as their primary language than their counterparts who are not U.S. citizens, according to the poll.

The more educated you are the less likely you'll vote Republican. That's why some of the poorest people in our country vote against their own economic interest. Because they're ignorant.

A new book, "What's the matter with Kansas" gets into that subject.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. Here's another log for the fire, re The Alternet. . .

Link:
http://www.alternet.org/election04/19305/

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...if the Republican leadership thinks they can gain Latino votes by praising immigrants publicly, even as they work privately to pull the plug on any immigration reforms, they are underestimating the savviness of Latino voters, says Maria Echaveste, President of the Nueva Vista Group.

"Latino voters and immigrant voters are not easily fooled," she said in a National Immigration Forum held on Friday.

In fact, Latinos have been following the progress of immigration reform bills AgJOBS (the Agricultural Job Opportunity, Benefits and Security Act of 2003) and the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act) on the front pages of Spanish-language newspapers and on Spanish TV and radio stations. They have also tracked the lack of progress of the much-publicized immigration reform bill proposed by President Bush in January.

Latino voters can see through the political rhetoric, according to a poll conducted after Bush announced his proposal early this year. The poll, conducted by Bendixen and Associates and released by NCM, found that a majority of Latinos (63 percent) said it was a valid criticism that President Bush does not care about immigrants and that his plan is only aimed at getting Latino voters to support him in the 2004 election.
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much more...


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