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Can black candidate woo Hispanics?
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Feb 10, 2008 12:19pm |
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| Category | News |
| News Date | Sunday, February 10, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Honolulu Advertiser
His rallying cry echoes the late Cesar Chavez, the Latino activist who inspired legions with three simple words, "Si, se puede!" The loose translation - "Yes, we can!" - has become Barack Obama's call to arms. But now, some are asking: Can he?
After a dismal showing among Hispanics in his Super Tuesday showdown with Hillary Clinton, can Obama entice this key voting bloc? And, if not, what might that say about a color divide that extends beyond black-white in an ever-expanding brown America?
Going forward in a neck-and-neck race, the ability to win Hispanic voters will prove vital in the March 4 primary in Texas, where nearly 25 percent of eligible voters are Hispanic. It could even push a tight race into one camp or the other in places like Maryland and Washington, D.C., where the Latino share of eligible voters in this Tuesday's primary hovers at just 3 and 4 percent, respectively.
"Let's face it," said popular Spanish-language radio host Luis Jimenez, "Hispanics will vote for a woman president before voting for someone who is African-American."
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