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Because of florida and he is terrific. but the other thing i would note, most recent poll of latino, hispanic voters, 70% approve of obama, a pretty high level. only 43% said they were definitely going to vote for obama. so obviously theres some sort of sense that it is not in his pocket yet. one of the key things, talking about the jobs thing. >> stay with me a minute. going to do a quick break, come back and finish this. well be right back, youre watching "hardball" only on msnbc. [ male annou...

Ticket would still be a good idea. the other thing i would note about this, the most recent poll of latino voters, 70% said they approved of obama, but only 40% said they were definitely going to vote for obama. so theres some sort of -- >> lack of energy, yeah. >> its not in his pocket yet. i think one of his key things, unemployment in the hispanic community, 11.3%. thats probably going to hold back a lot of voters. >> stay with me. were going to do a quick break and come back and finish this....

Yeeshl, youre going to have a higher turnout. you can only vote to elect the first african-american president once. and a key factor is hes not the guy he was in 2008. he has a record now. do people feel as fondly about him as they did in -- >> i want to go back to this issue. its been a good voting bloc for the democrats the last couple of cycles, but it does seem as if the obama administration has struggled to connect with the hispanic community. >> a couple of things could cut in the republic...

I think they slolidifiesed themselves as the second largest group in the country. what is surprising, the pshs percentage increase. hispanics washgs 43%. ten years ago,co 30ilon hispanics in the country. now, today, more than 50 million hispani hispanics. more than 16% of the population is hispanics. why the big injees the census bureau says its too early to tell. theres stl studying why that took place. other experts say it has nothing do or not so much to doith immigration as it ha do, as they...

>> right. now ron, you see these startlinf that cliff, no problem? >> it is a mixed message. hispanic share of the vote significantly lags the share of the population. only 9% of the vote in 2008. and as you noted, that was 2 to 1 for obama. that did fall off in 2010 and if republicans get 40% of the vote in 2012, they would be satisfied. but theres a pull in the party now towards a very hard line position on immigration. just the other day, jeff flake, who was one of the few remaining republica...

Than 16% of the country. now, whats interesting there ie that theyre buying power is going up, the education level, the experts are telling us, is going up.an and t of course, the political influence is going up as well. one of the things that they are telling us, the censusau bureau folks is that the hispanic population overall is also a younger population. joe? >> a younger population, you mean very young, you mean children or young adults? >> reporter: children, young adults, all across the b...

Georgia and virginia. asians also grew by double digits, but still make up less than 5% of the total u.s. population. the majority of the total growth in the u.s. occurred in the south and the west. one-fourth of the people in the country now live in california, texas and new york. there are signs of hispanic influence everywhere, on telemundo, the soap opera, la reina dell sur debuted three weeks ago and beats its english network competitors in prime time. new strength in numbers that show an i...

>> she has since been reassigned. theyre not saying shes been fired. theyre saying shes gone elsewhere in the department so to speak. >> im sure shell resurface. good to have you on today. we appreciate your time. new numbers from the u.s. census bureau, the big headline is about the hispanic population and its astounding growth over the last ten years. with more here is nbcs kristen welker. >> reporter: this family moved from mexico to the suburbs of atlanta looking for a better life. they ar...

Libya, but guess what? hes digging himself even deeper. come on, stop, man. not again. and an explosion in the hispanic population is horrible news for republicans. but they have a plan to attack voters. that sounds like a bad idea. well tell you all about it.

Latinos voted 60 to 38 inform favor of democrats. it was worse in arizona. 71% of the latinos voted for the democratic candidate. only 27% went for governor jan brewer. in texas, only 38% of latinos voted for governor perry. and 61% chose the democratic candidate last year. further more, the hispanic population in texas has jumped more than 43% since 2000. nondstdhi t rn blue and democrats start winning its 38 electoral votes, thats game over for the republicans. but republicans in the texas hou...