California Latinos Set Turnout Record
Posted by Matt Ortega on February 7, 2008 at 11:03 AM
The Latino community is one of the most rapidly growing in the country, and with the rise in numbers will be a rise in political power. Latinos turned out in huge numbers across the country on Super Tuesday, and set a record in California. From the San Jose Mercury News:
With Tuesday's record-setting turnout, California Hispanics for the first time performed as well as any other racial group in a statewide election.
The outpouring was especially strong on the Democratic side, with Hispanics accounting for 30 percent of Tuesday's presidential primary vote.
Hispanic Democrats nearly doubled their percentage from the 2000 and 2004 primaries. And they matched their percentage among California adults [...]
