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Texas Latino Vote Is No Lock for Clinton
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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:00 am Post subject: Texas Latino Vote Is No Lock for Clinton |
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 Texas Latino Vote Is No Lock for Clinton
By: Amy ChozickWSJ - After suffering a string of losses this month, Sen. Hillary Clinton is counting on her popularity among Hispanics to deliver a big win in Texas March 4 and catapult her back into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.But for all the talk of the crucial "Hispanic vote," there isn't any simple way of classifying this diverse group. Hispanics in the Lone Star State aren't identical to those in California, New York or New Jersey, where Sen. Clinton has fared well among Hispanics. For one, Hispanics in Texas are younger, which could be an advantage for Sen. Barack Obama.
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By: Amy ChozickWSJ - After suffering a string of losses this month, Sen. Hillary Clinton is counting on her popularity among Hispanics to deliver a big win in Texas March 4 and catapult her back into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.But for all the talk of the crucial "Hispanic vote," there isn't any simple way of classifying this diverse group. Hispanics in the Lone Star State aren't identical to those in California, New York or New Jersey, where Sen. Clinton has fared well among Hispanics. For one, Hispanics in Texas are younger, which could be an advantage for Sen. Barack Obama.Sen. Clinton won California on Super Tuesday largely because of her popularity among Latino voters, who chose the New York senator by a 2-to-1 margin over Sen. Obama. But the tactics that helped her in California may prove less effective in Texas. Hispanics make up about 36% of the population in both states -- compared with 14% nationally -- but tend to vote differently in each state.One of Sen. Clinton's biggest boosters in the Golden State was the United Farm Workers of America, a labor group that represents more than 20,000 mostly Hispanic farm workers. The endorsement was crucial in California. UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta has campaigned for Sen. Clinton in Texas. But Texas is a right-to-work state, so unions don't hold as much sway over voters.Sen. Obama kicked off a four-day Texas tour yesterday with a town-hall meeting held in a colorful amphitheater here normally used for a type of Mexican ballet popular in this part of the state. While Sen. Clinton has done particularly well among older voters, the average Hispanic voter in Texas is under 40, and the average Hispanic is 26, slightly younger than the national average.
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