Romney’s big win among Florida Hispanics hard to duplicate

Mitt Romney

A kind word of advice for Republican hopeful Mitt Romney: Don’t read too much into your impressive victory among Hispanic voters in Tuesday’s Florida primary. You will face an uphill battle to emulate it among Latino voters nationwide.

Romney, the front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, won 53 per cent of the Latino vote in the Florida primary. Comparatively, he won 46 per cent of the overall vote in the state’s primary.

His wide victory among Florida’s Latinos raised eyebrows nationwide, because Florida is one of the key states with huge Hispanic populations that will figure heavily in who will win in