Romney alienated Latinos: Pols

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Michelle Gonzalez, with her Yorkie Chiquita, voted for President Barack Obama in Ozone Park. Obama received a record high percentage of the Hispanic vote across the country.
By Rebecca Henely

After President Barack Obama received record support from the Hispanic population during his re-election last week, Queens’ Hispanic legislators said it was the Republican Party’s hard-line stance against immigration reform that lost challenger Mitt Romney the vote.

“This is not the party that shares our ideals,” said state Assemblyman Francisco Moya (D-Jackson Heights).

A former Massachusetts governor, Romney picked up 27 percent of the Hispanic electorate’s vote, according to exit polls, a marked decrease from when fellow Republican nominees U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) won 31 percent in 2008 and former President George W. Bush captured 44 percent in 2004 ...

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