# Why did Mitt Romney fail with Hispanics **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 1, 2012, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mitt-romney-fail-with-hispanics/642659 "2012-12-01T07:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mitt-romney-fail-with-hispanics/642659/41 "2012-12-04T15:19:01Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Mitt Romney’s claim to being “Mexican” is, by definition, even more tenuous. The OP made that claim. Did Romney? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mitt-romney-fail-with-hispanics/642659/42 "2012-12-04T15:21:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The OP made that claim. Did Romney? Most definitely not. He did claim that if he was Hispanic that it would be to his electoral benefit. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mitt-romney-fail-with-hispanics/642659/43 "2012-12-04T15:22:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The OP made that claim. Did Romney? [Nope.](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/mitt-romneys-mexican-roots/) Unless he did elsewhere. It wouldn’t be the first time his public utterances were not entirely consistent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-mitt-romney-fail-with-hispanics/642659.md?page=2)