If a new survey is to be believed, Central Florida is where Barack Obama needs to be spending much of his $20 million Latino campaign budget. According to a new study by the non-partisan Democracia USA organization, those votes are up for grabs as the population tends to swing both ways (politically speaking):

“It’s something very interesting, very special here in Orlando and its surroundings: the Hispanic voting population isn’t defined. One moment the majority votes Republican and the next it votes Democrat,” Jorge Mursuli, president of the non-partisan Democracia USA organization, told Efe.

According to Mursuli, the Hispanic population of the city of Orlando has doubled over the past year, making the area a hotspot for swiping up votes, not to mention the fact that

“Florida has the largest number of electoral votes among the states where they talk about the importance of the Hispanic vote,” Mursuli said, apparently assuming that the Republicans stand little chance of wresting California – which leads the nation both in electoral votes and Latino population – away from the Democrats.

I hate to be naive, but I similarly don’t see Republicans standing a snowball’s chance in Hades in getting California. Obama needs to pull the mariachi ads and move out East, where he really needs to drum up support.

Via / Hispanic Business