Poll: Latino voters overwhelmingly support Obama

Latino voters overwhelmingly support President Obama over any of the potential GOP candidates, according to a Fox News Latino poll released on Monday.

In a head-to-head match-up against Obama, none of the Republican candidates polled higher than 14 percent among Latinos.

Additionally, 73 percent said they approved of the job the president has been doing, well above Gallup’s national average of 45 percent. Fifty-eight percent said they approved of the president’s handling of the economy, which polls show voters rank as the most important issue in the 2012 election.

Obama also wins a plurality among Latinos that supported Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the GOP nominee in the 2008 presidential race, with 40 percent saying they would not vote for a Republican candidate again in 2012.

During the primaries, many Republican presidential candidates have often taken positions, which polls show to be unpopular with Latino voters.

Both GOP front-runners, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, are on record as opposing the DREAM Act, which would provide a path to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants born in the United States, and which 90 percent of Latino voters say they support.

Even adding a popular Latino candidate for the vice presidential slot on the ticket would not dramatically alter the landscape.

Twenty percent said they would be more willing to vote for a GOP ticket that included New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R), while 25 percent said they’d be more willing to support a ticket with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R).

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