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Quick Hit: Would Clinton Have Done Better Than Obama Among Latinos?

November 13, 2008 – 10:56 am

Here’s another exit poll, this one with a hypothetical Hillary Clinton-John McCain match-up. The results are slightly disturbing in what they suggest about race relations in America (look at the last item).
Perhaps the mythical black-brown divide exists for a very small minority of Latino voters. Or maybe they just really like Hillary Clinton.
From CBS News: [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Columbia, exit polling, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Latino vote, McCain, obama | Comments

Battle for the West: NM Foot in Mouth

September 26, 2008 – 2:45 pm

Bernalillo GOP chair: ‘Hispanics won’t vote for a black president’
The chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party resigned Thursday following comments reported on a BBC blog last week that most observers said fell somewhere between insensitive and poorly articulated to outright racist. The money shot: “Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won’t vote for a [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Albuquerque, Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Bernalillo County, GOP, Latino vote, New Mexico | Comments

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