Hispanics voted in record numbers for Clinton

Clinton gets Hispanic Vote

PHOENIX (By Jon Garrido, Hispanic News) February 5, 2008 — The results of preliminary exit polls featured several states, including California and Arizona, with large Hispanic populations and Hispanics selected Hillary Clinton by smaller but consistent margins.

Barak Obama attracted support of two-thirds to nine-tenths of black voters, except in Clinton's home state of New York. That pattern suggests the first-term Illinois senator's strong appeal among African Americans — first on display in the South Carolina primary last month — is more widespread. It also means Clinton is not the automatic heir to the wide popularity her husband enjoyed among black voters as president.

Except in Obama's home state of Illinois, Clinton was the clear favorite among Hispanics, many of whom have felt an allegiance to the Clintons since her husband was in the White House. 

There is a real affection for the Clinton administration and a real familiarity with Senator Clinton. In addition, Clinton got support of the Hispanic political establishment quite early, some of whom worked for her husband.

The legacy of Bill Clinton's administration was evident in yesterday's exit polls from California, where Clinton beat Obama among Hispanics by 2 to 1. Many voters voted for Clinton because of name support.

Without black voters, the Hispanic vote becomes crucial to victory if Clinton is to win the Democratic nomination.

Even more significant, Hispanic voters can give Clinton the White House by exposing the flip flop of John McCain as he waffled from initially supporting comprehensive immigration reform and then turning his back on comprehensive immigration reform in 2007. Most notable is McCain was on the senate floor to vote for a judicial appointment to a federal court just prior to the vote on the Dream Act and mysteriously disappeared before the vote on the Dream Act took place thus contributing to defeat of the Dream Act.

By disappearing before the Dream Act vote, McCain did not jeopardize offending Republican constituents who are opposed to comprehensive immigration reform.

Obviously, voting against the Dream Act would have exposed McCain's lust to win the Republican nomination at the expense of Hispanic college students.

Therefore, Hispanic voters will provide the margin of victory in key states electing the next president of the United States — Hillary Clinton.

The support of Hillary Clinton is vital to the passage of comprehensive immigration reform in 2009 with the added bonus — Hillary Clinton includes the undocumented in her universal health care coverage whereas, Obama does not.

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