National Polls Underestimate Latino Voters | ctlatinonews.com: "The blog’s author, Professor Matt Barreto, was recently at George Mason University in Arlington, northern Virginia, to speak about new polling of Latino voters. Barreto said that “pollsters have not been keeping up with the growth of the Latino market, especially the immigrant and Spanish-speaking market.”
Because many pollsters don’t poll primary Spanish speakers, 40% of the Latino community is excluded from traditional polling, he said. This error in data collection was one reason pollsters were wrong about the 2010 Nevada Senate race, when many believed Sharron Angle would win because they weren’t counting enough Latino voters. Angle lost.
Barreto said Senate races in Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia might be “this year’s Nevada.”"
Because many pollsters don’t poll primary Spanish speakers, 40% of the Latino community is excluded from traditional polling, he said. This error in data collection was one reason pollsters were wrong about the 2010 Nevada Senate race, when many believed Sharron Angle would win because they weren’t counting enough Latino voters. Angle lost.
Barreto said Senate races in Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia might be “this year’s Nevada.”"
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