Resurgent Republic

An Obama for America memo released today referenced our recent survey among Florida Hispanic voters, conducted with the Hispanic Leadership Network, and read in part: "And a Republican-leaning group poll [Resurgent Republic, 1/26/12] last week showed the President easily beating a generic Republican in Florida and seen favorably by the majority of Hispanic voters in the state...."

Two-thirds of Latino voters supported President Obama in 2008. Yet based on recent public polling, including a Resurgent Republic survey in Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico, Obama’s support among Latinos has weakened.  

That opens the door for the eventual Republican presidential nominee to gain significantly greater Latino support in 2012, which is critical as every month 50,000 more Latinos become eligible to vote.

Following the Supercommitee’s failure to reach an agreement, Washington is captivated with postmortems dissecting what went wrong and assigning blame. Congressional Republicans and Democrats have staked out familiar territory with one side rejecting tax increases and the other sweeping entitlement reforms. Yet President Obama is also vulnerable to criticism of his leadership since he remained on the sidelines during this process.