Latinos Support Hillary 3-to-1 in Nevada
And are we really that surprised? Clinton defeated her opponents quite well in Nevada.
Interviews with Democratic caucus-goers indicated that Clinton fashioned her victory by winning about half the votes cast by whites, and two-thirds support from Hispanics, many members of the union that endorsed Obama. He won about 80 percent of the black vote.
So what does this mean? I expect the discussion will return to "race" and how the Latino vote will be squaring off against the black vote. I'm almost sure that this Clinton victory will negatively affect her in South Carolina; however, she can take that loss and tell us that there are still 40+ states to go, and regain momentum everywhere else--particularly during Super Tuesday.
Further analyzing the Culinary Union endorsement, I am starting to wonder if stories were true that Latinos were not adequately informed of the endorsement vote, or at least that Union heads were pressuring their members to vote for Obama. Or at least, if we weren't told that the Union vote was closer than thought. Clinton appears to have taken the Strip, and the Union doesn't seem to be too happy about it.
Hillary Clinton has carried six of the nine at-large casino sites on the Strip, despite the influence of the Culinary Union. Clinton has carried at sites in the Flamingo, the Rio, Paris Las Vegas, New York New York, the Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. Only the Mirage and Caesars have gone for Obama so far. The last site, the Mirage, is still voting. The first vote was 178 for Clinton and 153 for Obama and 3 for Edwards and three uncommitted. So on second round, that site, too, apparently will go for Clinton.
And with stories like these, I would hope the media would pay attention to Union tactics rather than racial-ethnic attitudes:
Take, for instance, the case of Ruben Beltran, a Culinary member and Clinton volunteer who helps set up conventions at Mandalay Bay.
Union representatives, he said, are telling employees they must caucus for Obama on Saturday, making it sound more like a demand than a suggestion. Beltran said workers feel intimidated because the union holds sway over their jobs.
“It’s intimidation because the workers are not knowledgeable,” he said. “They don’t know their rights.”
Beltran told the Sun he was not threatened, though, and plans to back Clinton.
Or this story:
Most troubling is the case of Sylvia Antuna, a cook at Paris Las Vegas, who said she was filling out a voter registration form in the employee cafeteria when two union reps approached her about Obama. When she told them she wasn’t sure about caucusing for him, one rep took her registration form, telling her that she couldn’t participate Saturday if she wasn’t supporting Obama. (Antuna is undecided.)
So...is this the last caucus? Because I'm REALLY starting to LOVE regular primary elections where I can actually press "CAST BALLOT." Less pressure for voters that way, and candidates don't have to rely on strong-arming that so reminds me of the South Texas-styled intimidation of ranch-owners toward campesinos.
Interviews with Democratic caucus-goers indicated that Clinton fashioned her victory by winning about half the votes cast by whites, and two-thirds support from Hispanics, many members of the union that endorsed Obama. He won about 80 percent of the black vote.
So what does this mean? I expect the discussion will return to "race" and how the Latino vote will be squaring off against the black vote. I'm almost sure that this Clinton victory will negatively affect her in South Carolina; however, she can take that loss and tell us that there are still 40+ states to go, and regain momentum everywhere else--particularly during Super Tuesday.
Further analyzing the Culinary Union endorsement, I am starting to wonder if stories were true that Latinos were not adequately informed of the endorsement vote, or at least that Union heads were pressuring their members to vote for Obama. Or at least, if we weren't told that the Union vote was closer than thought. Clinton appears to have taken the Strip, and the Union doesn't seem to be too happy about it.
Hillary Clinton has carried six of the nine at-large casino sites on the Strip, despite the influence of the Culinary Union. Clinton has carried at sites in the Flamingo, the Rio, Paris Las Vegas, New York New York, the Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas. Only the Mirage and Caesars have gone for Obama so far. The last site, the Mirage, is still voting. The first vote was 178 for Clinton and 153 for Obama and 3 for Edwards and three uncommitted. So on second round, that site, too, apparently will go for Clinton.
And with stories like these, I would hope the media would pay attention to Union tactics rather than racial-ethnic attitudes:
Take, for instance, the case of Ruben Beltran, a Culinary member and Clinton volunteer who helps set up conventions at Mandalay Bay.
Union representatives, he said, are telling employees they must caucus for Obama on Saturday, making it sound more like a demand than a suggestion. Beltran said workers feel intimidated because the union holds sway over their jobs.
“It’s intimidation because the workers are not knowledgeable,” he said. “They don’t know their rights.”
Beltran told the Sun he was not threatened, though, and plans to back Clinton.
Or this story:
Most troubling is the case of Sylvia Antuna, a cook at Paris Las Vegas, who said she was filling out a voter registration form in the employee cafeteria when two union reps approached her about Obama. When she told them she wasn’t sure about caucusing for him, one rep took her registration form, telling her that she couldn’t participate Saturday if she wasn’t supporting Obama. (Antuna is undecided.)
So...is this the last caucus? Because I'm REALLY starting to LOVE regular primary elections where I can actually press "CAST BALLOT." Less pressure for voters that way, and candidates don't have to rely on strong-arming that so reminds me of the South Texas-styled intimidation of ranch-owners toward campesinos.
posted by Dos Centavos at 4:41 PM
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To see who else supports Hillary, check out WeSupportHillary.org. It isn't just the Latinos! On a side note, I'm surprised that the Latinos do not support the conservative movement in greater numbers, since many Latinos share common religious convictions.
There's conservative and then there's conservative. Why support a party that does not believe in equal justice? Why support a party that does not believe in ensuring that healthcare is available to people? Why support a party that insists on vilifying Latinos through the immigration issue(language, culture, etc.)? There's a lot more to the "conservatism" movement that just being anti-choice, anti-women's rights, and anti-everything.
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