2006 Elections: Polls show Latinos help turn tide

“Concerns over illegal immigration might have failed to drive conservative voters to the polls, but the issue had an unintended consequence for Republicans: It mobilized Latinos to turn out to vote for Democrats, analysts said.

“The overwhelming conclusion is that immigration did not work as a wedge issue,” said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners, a Democratic polling firm. “The strategy of taking extreme positions backfired on a number of candidates.””

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