Obama Launches Latinos for Obama, Romney Releases Anto-Obama Infographic

Apr 20, 2012

On Wednesday the Obama campaign announced the launch of Latinos for Obama along with increased outreach to Latino voters, including phone-banking and knocking on doors. But on Friday, GOP rival Mitt Romney released an infographic illustrating how the Obama administration has allegedly "brought hard times to Hispanics in America" "It’s no secret that Latinos will be a deciding factor in this election," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement, and the outcome will affect Latinos "for years to come." [Romney made similar comments earlier this week.](https://colorlines.com/archives/2012/04/mitt_romney_not_winning_latino_vote_spells_doom_for_us.html) [A poll released by the Pew Research Center on Tuesday ](http://www.people-press.org/2012/04/17/with-voters-focused-on-economy-obama-lead-narrows/)shows Obama beating former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney 67% to 27% among Latino voters. In 2008, Obama defeated Sen. John McCain 67% to 31% among Latinos. "We have to get Hispanic voters to vote for our party," warning that recent polling showing Hispanics breaking in huge percentages for President Obama "spells doom for us," Romney said at a campaign stop in Florida earlier this week. On Friday, the Romney campaign released an infographic that he hopes will get him more Latinos. "Under President Obama, more Hispanics have struggled to find work than at any other time on record," Team Romney posted on the campaign site. "Hispanics account for nearly 30 percent of Americans living in poverty, an increase under Obama of 2.256 million."