Gingrich: Romney Will Get More Than 40 Percent Of Latino Vote

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is predicting that at least 40 percent of Latino voters will cast their ballots for GOP hopeful Mitt Romney -- even though he has only 27 percent of their support now. NBC's David Gregory on

By David Edwards

05/27/12 12:25 pm

a “model” for the country; he promised to veto the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act; and he said that undocumented immigrants should self-deport.

But now that the former Massachusetts governor has pivoted to his general election campaign, he is considering support for a version of the DREAM Act sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and insisting that he only supported the uncontroversial parts of the Arizona immigration law.

The more recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (PDF) indicated that only 27 percent of Latino voters supported Romney, compared with 61 percent who were for Obama.

(h/t: Talking Points Memo)

Gingrich: Romney Will Get More Than 40 Percent Of Latino Vote

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