Latino population boom will have 2012 election echoes

[EV_Ares]

The potential clout of Latino voters has become as familiar a story line as the gender gap. But what might make 2012 different is the edge Latinos could give President Barack Obama and the Democrats in battleground states which aren’t thought of as immigration portals or left-leaning strongholds.

The 2010 Census revealed that in the past decade the adult Latino population has nearly doubled in Nevada, Virginia, and North Carolina. Also, it's increased by 60 percent or more in two Midwestern battleground states, Indiana and Ohio.

Obama won all five of those states in 2008 — two of them by very narrow margins — and they are likely to be decisive in next year’s balloting.

Link to MSNBC article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42236057/ns/politics-decision_2012/

(We knew the percentage had increased & we knew the republicans have pretty much alienated minority groups with their attacks. This really should help Obama & dems in some important states for 2012 especially Ohio.)

[Drale]

1. Latino, African-American, Liberal

pretty much everyone else in the US. Who can the right alienate next?

[Raksha]

6. Who else can they alienate? Students.

They are giving up on the youth vote too, introducing bills in the state legislatures to disenfranchise college voters.

http://campusprogress.org/articles/conservative_corporate_advocacy_group_alec_behind_voter_disenfranchise/#

[murielm99]

2. One of the things I found in my county was that it is

difficult to get that population out to vote. They feel alienated from both parties. It helps to have well-known Latino precinct committeemen, preferably successful, often union members. In a county near mine, the first vice chairman of the county Democratic committee is a Latino male. His credibility helps get people registered and voting. But it is hard to make inroads. People have to be recruited from within that community.

[DenverDad]

3. While the article is interesting,

the comment section ranges from sad to disgusting. There are some hateful people out there hiding behind their computers.

[EV_Ares]

4. All your words are so true, sad, disgusting, hatefully & yes, they sure as hell are

hiding behind their computers. This leads me to another debate I have with myself on messaged boards requiring your real name versus being anonymous. These cases lead me to a real name because the boards that do require them now leads to more intelligent dialog & debate between people. Those who post anonymous you have just seen where it can go.

There are good arguments for both. Some don't want their name out there in any manner with their employers running checks on their internet activity plus other privacy issues.

Whatever, the comments regarding this were as you say.

[DenverDad]

7. I agree. Personally, I would have no problem using my real name.

And if it leads to more intelligent dialog and debate, I'm all for it. If I really believed in my point, I would have no trouble defending it, and wouldn't be ashamed to stand behind it.

:fistbump:

[TNLib]

5. What's ironic is many Latinos are conservative culturally

You would think it would be a slam dunk for republicans to get the Latino vote, but they're too busy being bigots.