Latino Decisions poll shows huge margins among Hispanics for Obama, Berkley in Nevada

by Jon Ralston Thu, 10/04/2012 - 07:22

A Latino Decisions poll taken late last month shows President Obama and Rep. Shelley Berkley with gigantic margins among Hispanics.

The margins are even larger than you might expect, with Berkley lagging behind the president but still with time to consolidate the demographic that may be close to a fifth of the overall vote.

The questions (full poll linked above):

3. If the 2012 election for President was held today and the candidates were [ROTATE: Republican Mitt Romney

and Democrat Barack Obama] who would you most likely vote for?

[IF CANDIDATE:] Would you say you are certain to vote [ANSWER] or could change your mind?

[IF UNDECIDED:] Well, if you had to choose, who would you lean towards?

Romney – certain 15

Romney – not-certain 1

undecided – lean Romney 1

Obama – certain 69

Obama– not-certain 7

undecided – lean Obama 2

Undecided/don’t know 5

Romney Combined 17

Obama Combined 78

5. If the 2012 election for U.S. Senate in Nevada was held today and the candidates were

[ROTATE: Republican Dean Heller and Democrat Shelley Berkley] who would you most likely vote for?

Heller – certain 19

Heller – not-certain 5

undecided – lean Heller 2

Berkley – certain 46

Berkley – not-certain 10

undecided – lean Berkley 2

Undecided/don’t know 15

Heller Combined 26

Berkley Combined 58

Latino Decisions poll shows huge margins among Hispanics for Obama, Berkley in Nevada

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