Poll: Obama Leads Among Latinos

A new NBC–Wall Street Journal–Telemundo poll reveals that Obama still has a significant lead over Mitt Romney among Latino voters, garnering 67 percent of those registered to vote compared with Romney’s 23 percent. These numbers are similar to a poll from last month. Obama’s 44-point advantage (compared with his 6-point advantage among the general population) is likely due to the president's executive order stopping the deportation of illegal immigrants brought to the United States at a young age. However, getting respondents to vote may be difficult, as the Hispanic population is 10 points below the average level of national interest in the election, with only 68 percent rating themselves as “high interest.” Additionally, 59 percent of Hispanic voters also approve of Obama’s handling of the economy, compared with 44 percent nationwide.