Comments on: Yes, Hispanic Voters Vote http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:39:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256681 wigwam Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:57:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256681 <p>Note: that should read “30% of the vote in the democratic primary was Hispanic.”</p> Note: that should read “30% of the vote in the democratic primary was Hispanic.”

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256680 wigwam Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:55:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256680 <p>On NPR this morning, Andy Kohut of Pew Research mentioned that in California, 30% of the vote was Hispanic and they voted 66% for Hillary. By contrast, New Mexico’s hispanics split evenly between Hillary and Barack, and in one of the eastern states the Hispanic vote favored Obama.</p> <p>Does anyone have a hypothesis for the difference in the distribution of the Hispanic vote in California? Something about the leanings of the Spanish language media in the state? Something else?</p> On NPR this morning, Andy Kohut of Pew Research mentioned that in California, 30% of the vote was Hispanic and they voted 66% for Hillary. By contrast, New Mexico’s hispanics split evenly between Hillary and Barack, and in one of the eastern states the Hispanic vote favored Obama.

Does anyone have a hypothesis for the difference in the distribution of the Hispanic vote in California? Something about the leanings of the Spanish language media in the state? Something else?

]]> By: prabhata http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256678 prabhata Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:16:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256678 <p>Most Latinos that are US citizens I know vote. The idea that Latinos don’t vote rests on the fact that the number of voters is a relative small percentage compared to the total Latino community. The reason for that are due to large number of young people not voting, and the number of legal residents who are not willing to give up their first citizenship. We are all raised to love and pledge allegiance to our country of birth, and for some, it’s difficult to let go and pledge allegiance to another country. It’s particularly difficult when one visits the old country regularly. In my case, though I never went back, it took me 20 years to resolve the conflict. Most Americans who live abroad, sometimes for years, rarely give up their US citizenship.</p> Most Latinos that are US citizens I know vote. The idea that Latinos don’t vote rests on the fact that the number of voters is a relative small percentage compared to the total Latino community. The reason for that are due to large number of young people not voting, and the number of legal residents who are not willing to give up their first citizenship. We are all raised to love and pledge allegiance to our country of birth, and for some, it’s difficult to let go and pledge allegiance to another country. It’s particularly difficult when one visits the old country regularly. In my case, though I never went back, it took me 20 years to resolve the conflict. Most Americans who live abroad, sometimes for years, rarely give up their US citizenship.

]]> By: shell http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256451 shell Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:11:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256451 <p>I live in Northern California and have voted at the same place for 4 years. This election, I saw a lot of African Americans at the polls. I don’t think I have ever seen one before at the polls. (And that goes back 20 years.)</p> <p>Anecdotal evidence, for sure, but I don’t believe that AAs didn’t vote last Tuesday … and Hispanics did.</p> I live in Northern California and have voted at the same place for 4 years. This election, I saw a lot of African Americans at the polls. I don’t think I have ever seen one before at the polls. (And that goes back 20 years.)

Anecdotal evidence, for sure, but I don’t believe that AAs didn’t vote last Tuesday … and Hispanics did.

]]> By: bonkers http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256242 bonkers Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:33:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1256242 <p>I don’t though. Just like I don’t say Obama “won” Nevada since he got more delegates there.</p> I don’t though. Just like I don’t say Obama “won” Nevada since he got more delegates there.

]]> By: marshen http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255977 marshen Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:34:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255977 <p>Younger hispanics were on the front lines demonstrating during the immigration debate going on last summer. Hell yes they are going to vote big time. They got a crash course in democracy during that time and graduated as genuine activists for their cause.</p> Younger hispanics were on the front lines demonstrating during the immigration debate going on last summer. Hell yes they are going to vote big time. They got a crash course in democracy during that time and graduated as genuine activists for their cause.

]]> By: Robster http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255902 Robster Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:15:01 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255902 <p>Thanks for acknowledging my presence, Rahm. I’m pissed. I’m Hispanic. I voted, and not for Hillary.</p> Thanks for acknowledging my presence, Rahm. I’m pissed. I’m Hispanic. I voted, and not for Hillary.

]]> By: wobblybits http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255766 wobblybits Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:19:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255766 <p>*sigh* as a member of the homogeneous hispanic block, thanks for acknowledging us (snark)</p> *sigh* as a member of the homogeneous hispanic block, thanks for acknowledging us (snark)

]]> By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255663 Maddy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:36:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255663 <p>Laughing, but looking in the mirror at my white hair, do they come in plain brown paper anonymously?</p> Laughing, but looking in the mirror at my white hair, do they come in plain brown paper anonymously?

]]> By: wasabi http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255625 wasabi Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:13:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/yes-hispanic-voters-vote/#comment-1255625 <p>Hillary finished second in Iowa to Obama if you want to go by delegates.</p> Hillary finished second in Iowa to Obama if you want to go by delegates.

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