BUSINESS - Joint Comprehensive Hispanic Poll by Univision and the Associated Press Revealed

Additional Results of Joint Comprehensive Hispanic Poll by Univision and the Associated Press Revealed Majority of Hispanics Approve of the Way President Barack Obama is Handling His Job, Yet Give Him Mixed Ratings on Key Issues, And Disapprove of Congress’ Performance Additional Details Revealed on Hispanics’ Opinion on Immigration and Arizona SB1070 Law

MIAMI, Florida USA -- (BUSINESS WIRE)

Tuesday May 18, 2010

Univision Communications Inc. announced additional results of its joint poll with The Associated Press, the most comprehensive Hispanic poll conducted to-date. When asked about the President’s and Congress’ performance, the survey results indicate that 66% of Hispanics approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job, but only 35% approve of the way Congress is handling its job. Moreover, when specifically asked whether they approved or disapproved of the way Republicans or Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs, 27% approved of Republicans’ performance while 51% approved of Democrats’ performance.

Other interesting topics addressed in the poll include:

* Hispanics gave mixed approval ratings of the way President Barack Obama is handling each of the following issues:

* Education – 69% approve

* U.S. relationships with other countries – 69% approve

* Health care – 66% approve

* Energy – 63% approve

* The environment – 60% approve

* Taxes – 59% approve

* Terrorism – 56% approve

* The economy – 55% approve

* Situation in Iraq – 51% approve

* Situation in Afghanistan – 50% approve

* Federal budget deficit – 49% approve

* Unemployment – 49% approve

* Immigration – 45% approve

* Gas prices – 39% approve

* Immigration

* 56% of Hispanics see it as a negative for the country that Congress has not passed a comprehensive immigration bill more than a year into the Obama administration

* When asked how much of the blame they would place on a political party or the president for not passing an immigration bill, 45% of Hispanics placed all or some of the blame on Republicans, 29% on Democrats and 20% on President Barack Obama

* 33% of Hispanics are very likely to vote against a political party or candidate that took a position on immigration that they disagreed with, even if they agreed with that party or candidate on most other issues

* Arizona SB1070 Law

* 73% of Hispanics believe it would be a very serious problem if the police in Arizona wound up stopping and questioning Hispanics who are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants as they try to enforce the law

The AP-Univision Poll was conducted from May 7 to the 12th by GFK Roper Public Affairs and Media. It involved landline and cell phone interviews with 901 Hispanic adults and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Studios, which produces and co-produces telenovelas, reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for all of the Company’s platforms;

Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Interactive Media, which includes http://www.univision.com, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S., and Univision Móvil, the industry’s most comprehensive Spanish-language suite of mobile offerings. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

(Business Wire)

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