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Why Don't Latinos Back Barack?

Minorities don't always vote for minority candidates

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 2, 2008 7:08 AM CST

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton's support in Hispanic communities is well documented, but the voting patterns of Hispanics are not as easy to characterize as her pollsters make them out to be, reports the New York Times. The issue of identity politics is a complicated matter that clearly... Read full story »

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