This is the year of the Latino vote - It’s been 20 years in the making

[workinclasszero]

This is the year of the Latino vote
It’s been 20 years in the making — and, win or lose, it’s reshaped the Democratic Party.
Updated by Dara [e-mail] Nov 7, 2016, 10:00am EST

After all that — after all the rallies, the polls, the drama, the leaks, the 17 months of American public life we will never get back — the story of the 2016 presidential election might turn out to have been set way back in June 2015, when Donald Trump came down the escalator of Trump Tower and briefly referred to Mexican immigrants as murderers and rapists.

Latinos were listening.

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/7/13515248/latinos-vote-2016-clinton

[monmouth4]

1. One of the many wonderful things about living in my building here in West Palm are my Latina

neighbors, mostly Cuban. Many had been through the horrors of hurricanes, etc. and left Miami to settle here. Funny, friendly, helpful and just plain great people. A recent new group moved here about six months ago and left for Miami on the train last week to go vote. Their registration was still for the Miami-Dade area and had to vote this last time down there. One of them told me she would crawl on her knees to get to Miami to vote for Hillary. No love for Trump at all.

[workinclasszero]

2. Thats good to hear :)

[Stargleamer]

4. Well it would be interesting afterwards. . .

To see how much it increased. I hope some DUer will later provide this info

[nickp4wo]

3. latinos

will be interesting to see how many latinos vote for trump, and why they chose to vote for him over clinton

[Fast Walker 52]

6. welcome to DU!

[Fast Walker 52]

5. I suppose we owe Donald a favor for driving them into to the waiting arms of the Democrats!

[Cha]

9. Not just trump..

[Fast Walker 52]

10. LOL! Good one.

[Fast Walker 52]

11. definitely!!! Also-- welcome to DU!