Poll: Obama Widens Lead Among Hispanics Following Immigration Announcement
by News Editor
President Barack Obama gives remarks on education at a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce gathering in 2009. Photo: wiki commons.
The Hill – President Obama has opened up a 40 point lead over Mitt Romney among Hispanics, according to an NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll released on Wednesday.
Obama took 66 percent among Hispanics in the poll over Romney at 26 – a 6 point gain for the president over the same poll in May. Obama won the Hispanic vote 67 to 31 over Sen. John McCain (R-Ari.) in the 2008 election.
