Only 51% of registered Hispanics
tell the Pew Hispanic Center that they are absolutely certain to vote, compared to 70% of all registered voters. Those Hispanics who have thought a lot about the election skew more Republican than Democratic - suggesting Republican-leaning Hispanics are more likely to actually show up at the polls than their Democrat-leaning counterparts. And immigration isn't as important an issue to Hispanics as most think - falling behind education, jobs, health care and the deficit.
The only silver lining for Democrats is that both registered and certain-to-vote Latinos back their Democratic congressional candidate by about the same percentage as in 2008. But if Democrat-leaners don't actually show up to vote....
Full report from the Pew Hispanic Center here:
http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/127.pdf
