The news is not looking good for the registered latino vote in Florida on the democrats side:
The Board of Directors of The Latino Coalition today released the Florida results of their annual National Survey of Hispanic Adults. The survey shows that Florida Hispanic voters prefer President Bush by a 2-1 margin.
Not only is the Presidency in jeopardy, but the senate race is mired as well...
In the U.S. Senate race in Florida, Hispanic registered voters prefer Republican Mel Martinez over Democrat Betty Castor by a 65 percent - 25 percent margin. Martinez leads among Cubans (77-14) and among non-Cubans (42-37).
Despite this, there is a silver lining of these new released numbers. Outside of Florida, Kerry is doing quite well among Hispanic voters.
National Hispanic registered voters believe [Kerry] would do a better job in improving the economy (54-34), improving education (52-35), and improving health care (55-30)... While the war in Iraq is opposed by national Hispanics by a margin of 55 percent - 39 percent, the numbers reverse in Florida to 59 percent- 36 percent.
I could have sworn I saw numbers which proposed Kerry was doing better among the Cuban-descendant populous moreso than Bush. However:
Bush has a strong lead over Kerry among Cuban Americans (77- 17), while Senator Kerry leads among non-Cubans by a 49 percent- 40 percent margin. Bush also leads among those 55 and older by a 72 percent -22 percent margin, while Senator Kerry leads among younger voters between the ages of 18-25 (56-44). "
Full text of these numbers and a commentary can be found here