A new poll sponsored by NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Telemundo shows President Obama with a huge advantage among Latino voters, 66 percent to 26 percent for Republican nominee Mitt Romney. But the poll also shows Latino voters are less enthusiastic about voting in 2012. From NBC’s FirstRead:
To measure enthusiasm, the pollsters asked respondents to say how interested they are in this November’s contest, on a scale of one to 10. Adding up the 8s, 9s, and 10s gives a good measure of who the most likely voters will be this fall.
Two-thirds – 66 percent – of Latinos put themselves in this high-interest category. Last month, it was 68 percent. That’s much lower than the average of 80 percent in this poll for all adults.
It’s particularly problematic for Obama’s re-election chances, considering some of the highest-interest groups are ones likely to vote for Romney – Tea Party supporters (89 percent), McCain 2008 voters (88 percent), conservatives (84 percent), those 65 and older (83 percent), Republicans (83 percent), and whites (81 percent).
