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Latinos the Wild Card in Nevada

Immigration debate has unnerved many

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2008 7:15 AM CST

(Newser) – Hispanic voters could be key next November because they form a significant  minority of eligible voters in states President Bush won by less than 5% four years ago—Florida, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. Saturday's Nevada caucus is expected to offer important insight into how Hispanics will vote in November, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

The immigration issue tips many Hispanics to the Democrats—but which Democrat is still a mystery. "Hillary Clinton has been in my neighborhood," said the publisher of a Spanish-language newspaper. "Obama has not gone out to the Latinos." Obama, however, is backed by the powerful Culinary Workers Union, half of whom are Hispanic.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. at a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday. The Nevada primary may give some insight into who Hispanic voters will favor in November.  (AP Photo Nevada Appeal/Kevin Clifford).
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. at a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday. The Nevada primary may give some insight into who Hispanic voters will favor in November....   (Associated Press)
Grisell Magarino, left, Al Williams, center, and Debbie Chavez cheer as they announce the endorsement of Presidential candidate Barack Obama during a news conference at the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 9. 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Grisell Magarino, left, Al Williams, center, and Debbie Chavez cheer as they announce the endorsement of Presidential candidate Barack Obama during a news conference at the Culinary Workers Union in Las...   (Associated Press)
Nevada State Democratic Party outreach director, Andres Ramirez gives leaflets and voter registration information to Claudia Ruiz during a Cinco De Mayo celebration in Las Vegas in this April 29, 2007 file photo. There is no Spanish word for caucus and that is just one of Ramirez's problems as the...
Nevada State Democratic Party outreach director, Andres Ramirez gives leaflets and voter registration information to Claudia Ruiz during a Cinco De Mayo celebration in Las Vegas in this April 29, 2007...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards accepts the endorsement of the Nevada United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Nevada United Steelworkers in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards accepts the endorsement of the Nevada United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Nevada United Steelworkers in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug....   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. shakes hands at Bertha Miranda's Mexican Restaurant in Reno, Nevada Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 after a roundtable discussion on the home mortgage crisis. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. shakes hands at Bertha Miranda's Mexican Restaurant in Reno, Nevada Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 after a roundtable discussion on the home...   (Associated Press)
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