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Latino Voters: Four Myths

Posted Jun 30, 08 3:07 PM CDT in US,  Politics 

(Newser) – Pundits are way off on Hispanic voters, writes Arian Campo-Flores in Newsweek. Four common misconceptions:

  • Immigration is everything. A recent survey showed that education, health care, the economy, and crime were more important in the demographic. Recent immigrants are most likely to care about immigration—and least likely to be voters.

  • Spanish-language ads, por favor. Actually, only 11% of these voters speak only Spanish at home.
  • They’re swing voters. Bush cut into the Latino vote a bit, but these are Democratic voters who break ranks at the margins.
  • They won’t vote for an African-American. Barack Obama is winning Hispanics 2-1.

Source Newsweek

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