Battle For Texas Latino Voters

This post is in regards to an article in the Austin American statesman. In the article it states how crucial the Hispanic vote is going to be to Clinton and Obama in the Texas primary. It discusses the strategy of former politicians who have had success with the Hispanic voters in Texas. Some analysts place Hillary at an advantage because first job in politics was to register Hispanic voters in south Texas. In addition Bill Clinton brought stimulation to the region during his term in the white house, which the Clintons are hoping will play a role with the Hispanics at the poles. Some analysts have Hillary at a 2 to 1 advantage over Barack. Others say Barack’s momentum is unstoppable and has erased any advantage that Hillary may of had. Both candidates have taken similar stances on the “bread and butter” issues such as education, jobs, the economy, and the withdraw of troops. So it seems this will be a battle of who the Hispanics would prefer an African American male or a white female. All this back and forth strategizing to me only raises one question. Do either one of these candidates even truly care at all about the Hispanic community. All of a sudden there is this huge push to get the Hispanic vote. If this was a blow out, they probably wouldn’t be getting this kind of attention if any at all. If I were Hispanic I would find this insulting. “My vote is important when it suits your needs. Prior to now it didn’t seem to matter”. If the Hispanics were of such great importance to these candidates why are we just now seeing all the Spanish campaign ads. I believe the Hispanic community should do their homework and go back to early in their campaign and see which candidate seemed to find the Hispanics important to them from the beginning and disregard any last minute push that may be taking place currently. In my opinion anything being done now just seems like lip service. I would say too little too late. I know that this is how politics works but it just seems so transparent to me. I believe this article should be read by all Hispanics before they cast their vote. Maybe it will sway them maybe it won’t but they should be aware that their political importance to the candidates may be short lived.
For more information see: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/20/0220latvote.html