Poll: Hispanic Voters Undecided on Bush

[Nambe]

Presidential Elections - AP

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The CBS-New York Times poll suggested Hispanics tilt toward a Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential race, but many remain undecided.

When Hispanic registered voters were asked whether they would vote for Bush or a Democratic candidate for president, 21 percent said Bush, 31 percent said a Democrat and 45 percent were undecided.

Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to prefer tax cutting to reducing the size of the deficit. And they were more inclined to support tax- supported vouchers to send children to private schools.

And on social issues like abortion and gay relations, the poll showed Hispanics tend to be more conservative than non-Hispanics.

But by almost a 2-1 margin, Hispanics were inclined to say the Democratic Party comes closer to representing their values. Asked which party cares more about the needs of Hispanics, 50 percent said Democrats, and 19 percent said Republicans. One in five said they didn't know. ---

[Abe Linkman]

1. Nothing like a little bias in the questions polled.

"Hispanics were more likely than non-Hispanics to prefer tax cutting to reducing the size of the deficit. And they were more inclined to support tax- supported vouchers to send children to private schools."

What in the world are we to make of this little exercise? It's enough to baffle the curious, I tell ya.

[MoonAndSun]

2. Maybe they polled more Cuban-Americans then the other

hispanic classes, i.e Mexican-American, Puerto Ricans, etc. bush* is not liked by most Hispanic populations, except for Cuban-Americans. As a hispanic, I know this to be true.

[JohnKleeb]

7. I wouldnt doubt that, I am not hispanic, a white boy as you could tell

I read somewhere a report by a Hispanic sociologist that, 80% of Cubans voted Bush and 80% of Non Cuban Hispanic voted Gore, to me that explains the fact that Gore got 2/3s of the hispanic vote and Bush got 1/3.

[union_maid]

3. Hispanics aren't monolithic

and I'm sure they don't vote that way. At this point it seems to me that polling Hispanics as a single group is just a tiny bit more to the point than polling Italian Americans. There are Hispanics who are affluent, who are solidly middle class and who are the poorest of the poor, Hispanics who came here as citizens, legal aliens and illegals. There are those whose families have been here for generations, those who got here last week and everything in between. They come from many different countries and have differing cultural views. I think that regarding them as one big voting block is kind of off the mark, although there are certainly voting blocks that are Hispanic, if you know what I mean.

[hippiechick]

4. "NetZero" news (ABC?) spun it as 'Hispanics Back Bush'

I would post the link but my dial up is crappy and I'd have to back almost entirely out of my system.

WTF? with the twist ?

Lies,
Damned Lies,
and Poll Results (Statistics)

EDIT: for link and snip

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/politics/03POLL.html?ex=1061092800&en=933cbf9620cbd28b&ei=5004&partner=UNTD

Hispanics Back Big Government and Bush, Too
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JANET ELDER

Hispanics view the Democratic Party as better able than the Republican Party to manage the economy, create jobs and improve the nation's public school system, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll. But they admire President Bush and have embraced positions — from supporting tax cuts to opposing abortion and some gay rights — that have typically been identified with Republicans.


:hippie:

[PROGRESSIVE1]

5. Question?

:wtf: is this???????? The first sentance implies that they are ardently behind the Democrats and the second statement says that they strongly support the Repugs!!! This is such blatent B.S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:dem:

[IndianaGreen]

6. Speaking for this Latina voter

Bush OUT in 2004!