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Saturday, January 19, 2008

So Much for the "English-Only Movement" -- Democratic Candidates Look to Nevada for Signs of Future Success

From The Washington Post:

In a preview of the battle looming on Feb. 5, the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) head into today's Nevada caucuses engaged in a fierce fight for Hispanic support, bombarding voters with Spanish-language advertisements and literature and arguing over which candidate is most committed to the concerns of Hispanics.

Both campaigns see Nevada as a test run of their strategies for winning over Hispanics, and say the results on Saturday will offer clues to building Hispanic support in the Feb. 5 mega-primary prizes of California, New York and New Jersey. Although Hispanics usually turn out in low numbers relative to their percentage of the population in Nevada, they make up about one-quarter of the electorate and could play a substantial role in deciding who wins.

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