Latinos and the Democrats

A poll found that although Latinos strongly back Democrats (65%) over Republicans (22%) in the Congressional elections, only 51% of Latino registered voters say they will absolutely go to the polls, compared to 70% of all registered voters. The results of the poll, by the Pew Hispanic Center, suggest that the raging debate over Arizona’s immigration law and the lack of Congressional action on "immigration reform" (i.e. amnesty) may have turned off many Latinos. Just 32% of all Latino registered voters say they have given the 2010 election “quite a lot” of thought, compared with 50% of all registered voters in the country, the poll found. The Pew poll also found that for Latinos, education, jobs and health care trump immigration as major issues, which could be bad news for Democrats hoping to capitalize on anger over the Arizona law.