As I've predicted, Sen. Obama is dominating the early process of wooing Hispanic voters ahead of the November election. Today the Pew Hispanic Center added to a pile of data showing Obama with a commanding, early lead.
Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, from June 9 through July 13, 2008.
The next point they make is a little overstated in my opinion, but you can judge for yourself:
In addition to their strong support for Obama, Latino voters have moved sharply into the Democratic camp in the past two years, reversing a pro-GOP tide that had been evident among Latinos earlier in the decade. Some 65% of Latino registered voters now say they identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, compared with just 26% who identify with or lean toward the GOP. This 39 percentage point Democratic Party identification edge is larger than it has been at any time this decade; as recently as 2006, the partisan gap was just 21 percentage points.
CNN.com has it as top news story at the moment. They quote one of the lead authors of the Pew analysis:
"He now appears to be even more popular than Hillary Clinton among Latinos," Lopez said.
And the Associated Press has a piece out on the wire on this poll already.
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