A new survey released
Thursday shows that while Latino voters generally support the
reelection of President Barack Obama by a wide margin over Republican
presidential nominee Mitt Romney, there are wide political divisions
among the population's religious groups, such as Catholics and
evangelicals.
About three-quarters of Latino Catholics and 8 in 10 religiously
unaffiliated Latinos support reelecting Obama, according to the report
from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Hispanic
Center. Yet, when it comes to Latino evangelicals, a growing group that
includes about 16 percent of Latino registered voters, just half support
Obama while 39 percent support Romney.
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