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Hispanics Are Likely to Play Larger Role in Next Elections
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWith historic victories in the midterm elections, Hispanics flexed their growing political muscle, helping elect -- and defeat -- well-known top-tier candidates in places like California and Nevada, New Mexico and Florida. At the same time, a new political profile of Hispanic Republican leaders emerged, giving a clear and loud warning to the Democratic Party that the Latino vote is not a monolithic bloc that the party could continue to take for granted. Now, with the changes brought about by the 2010 congressional reapportionment, Hispanics are likely to play a larger role in national ...
Democrats Lose Hold on Latinos and Women as Party's Base Drifts
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyIn the final stretch of this volatile and polarizing midterm election, while the beleaguered Democrats duck to ward off an approaching Republican steamroller, rippling cracks are widening in two of the most reliable and loyal Democratic voting blocs, women and Latinos. The past several weeks have exposed troubling frustration, anger and apathy among white Democratic female voters and among Latino Democrats. More alarming for Democrats than the "enthusiasm gap" between Democrats and Republicans is emerging evidence that women and Latinos are drifting away from their longtime political home and ...
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