Romney Camp Sets Lofty Goal: 38 Percent Of Latino Vote

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The Romney campaign has set an ambitious goal for the portion of the Latino vote necessary to defeat President Barack Obama.   

Jose Fuentes, a co-chairman of Mitt Romney’s Latino leadership team and former attorney general of Puerto Rico, told The Hill that the Republican ticket is aiming to claim 38 percent of the Latino vote in November — larger than the 31 percent captured by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008 and just a shade below the impressive 40 percent mark reached by former President George W. Bush in 2004.

“Our goal is to do better than four years ago and the McCain campaign did — our goal is to hit 38 percent with the Hispanic vote,” Fuentes said. “That’s our goal. That’s our national average.”

Romney has never reached the 38 percent threshold in the PollTracker Average, which currently shows Obama holding a commanding lead among Latino voters, 59.5 percent to 31.5 percent. 

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