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Latinos Go for Obama.(International Edition; VOTING DAY 2008)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
Byline: Michael Miller
Hispanic voters didn't just leave their mark on this year's presidential election. They decided it. Four states with sizable Hispanic populations that went for Bush in 2004--Florida, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada--all turned blue this time around, adding 46 crucial electoral votes to the Democratic candidate's winning tally.
Obama's Hispanic vote grab is no small accomplishment. The growing number of Hispanics in the United States has occasionally led to tensions between them and African-Americans, whom they have replaced as the nation's largest minority. Ever since Hillary Clinton won nearly two thirds of the Hispanic vote in the Democratic primaries, ...
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