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NALEO: 9.2 million Latinos to vote in November
A record 9.2 million Latino voters will cast ballots in this year’s November election, according to projections released Thursday by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
The influential group — known as NALEO — also released a report which showed Hispanic voters are most concerned about the economy, the Iraq war, access to affordable healthcare, education issues, and immigration reform.
The expected surge in Hispanic voters follows an aggressive campaign by NALEO and other Latino groups and Spanish-language networks to promote citizenship and voter registration.
“We are at the turning point of history,” said Adolfo Carrion, president of NALEO. “We are the fastest-growing sector of this country.”
The group kicked off its annual conference in the nation’s capital with big-name speakers, showing the growing importance of Hispanics in the election.
Both major party presumptive nominees — Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois and Republican John McCain of Arizona — will speak at the convention on Saturday.
Political analysts say that Latinos could be a crucial voting bloc in several contested states such as Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Florida.
“Latinos hold the key to the White House,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Latinos will decide who will be the next president of the United States.”
Pelosi squeaked out a speech despite a major case of laryngitis.
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By George
June 27, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Great. Just wait until they have all their people in politics. American citizens won’t have any say and you can bet we won’t be treated very well when they take control. We will soon turn into and extention of Mexico.