Latino mobilization takes shape--for Hillary
Hillary and her team are hard at work across the US--organizing that essential groundwork --state to state.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/11/02/hillary-clinton-hispanic-vote-trump/74870274/
Heidi M Przybyla, USA TODAY 3:23 p.m. EST November 2, 2015
The first signs of a major U.S.-Latino voter mobilization are forming, and it’s Republicans turbocharging an effort likely to help Hillary Clinton.
Latinos in major U.S. cities hope to organize events similar to one last week that drew a mostly Hispanic crowd of 2,200 outside the third Republican debate in Boulder, Colo., said Federico Peña, the lead organizer who's fielded calls from activists around the country since the rally that doubled as both a protest and voter registration drive.
........With President Obama no longer on the ballot in 2016, Clinton will turn to Latinos to compensate for a potential downtick in African-American participation next November should she win the nomination. Her strength with Hispanic voters — she carried them overwhelmingly in her 2008 primary fight against Obama — also figures to help her in the primaries, a reality her campaign and its supporters are wasting little time in trying to capitalize on.
Talks are underway with a major Spanish-language television network to sponsor a voter-registration drive, said Peña, who supports Clinton's bid but is not a part of her official campaign.
The Clinton team is investing heavily in a Latino outreach effort that began in recent weeks. Teams are forming in at least seven battlegrounds, including Ohio and Virginia.
Hispanic women in Nevada are already getting calls from an all-Latina phone bank expected to be replicated in other states. Hollywood stars Marc Anthony and Salma Hayek are pitching Clinton to fans on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. A digital and mobile campaign that mixes English and Spanish is collecting users with questions about their home countries and other data points.
USA TODAY
Hillary Clinton woos Texas Latinos
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But Clinton isn't guaranteed a massive Latino turnout. Latinos historically have much lower voting rates than blacks and whites. In 2012, they had a 48% turnout rate, according to the Pew Research Center, compared to 64% for whites and nearly 67% for African Americans.................
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Muchas Gracias!
Have they not heard of Sanders?
Or is it Stockholm Syndrome?
of the democratic president and vice presidential candidates in 2016! 
hateful words have a way of backfiring.
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