June 22, 2012 11:01 PM UTC

Obama Immigration Policy Change Rallies Colorado Hispanics

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• by: Colorado Pols

That’s the conclusion from the blog for Latino Decisions, discussing their new battleground-state poll out today:

New polling released June 22, 2012 by Latino Decisions and America’s Voice finds President Obama maintaining a wide lead over Republican Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters in five key battleground states…

In the five states combined Obama lead Romney 63% to 27%, however in southwestern battlegrounds of Arizona, Colorado and Nevada Obama performed even better.  In Arizona Obama received 74% to 18% for Romney, in Colorado he was favored by 70% to 22% [Pols emphasis] and in Nevada 69% to 20%.  In Virginia, Obama lead 59% to 28% over Romney among Latino registered voters.

Part of this advantage for President Obama appears to be related to his recent announcement to provide relief to undocumented immigrant youth.  On June 17, two days after his announcement our Latino Decisions/America’s Voice poll first reported that 49% of Latino voters were now more enthusiastic about Obama, while 14% were less enthusiastic (+35).  Over the course of the week, as the DREAMer relief received further attention in the Latino community we found increased support for the announcement…

Here are the full results–we don’t think they will surprise you. There’s no question that President Barack Obama’s new policy on young undocumented students and soldiers will help him with Hispanic voters, inasmuch as Republican recalcitrance and continued hostility on the issue will continue to hurt them. Especially here in Colorado, the GOP has had innumerable opportunities to change this trajectory–and they’ve spurned all of their chances.