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Manchester Guardian: 'El Viejito' For President: Why Latinos in Nevada Are Backing Bernie Sanders
'El Viejito' for president: why Latinos in Nevada are switching to Bernie SandersNevada was meant to be a brick in Hillary Clinton’s ‘firewall’, but Sanders’ radical reforms appeal to Latino workers and students heading to Saturday’s caucuses.
The state’s low-wage workers and indebted students are drawn to the Vermont senator’s message of radical economic change.
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Clinton, who once enjoyed a lead in the state, has lost ground, and is now considered to be roughly neck-and-neck with Sanders going into Saturday’s contest.
That, in itself, constitutes a major setback for the former secretary of state. Nevada was supposed to be the first brick in Clinton’s supposed “firewall” of support in states that are far more ethnically diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire, the overwhelmingly white states where Sanders first put up a strong challenge to Clinton and then forced her into a resounding defeat.
Clinton beat Barack Obama in the popular vote in Nevada in 2008, in a victory that relied on her support among Latinos, who now comprise 28% of the state’s population and affectionately refer to her as “La Hillary”.
She still maintains the backing of Nevada’s older, democratic establishment, including a string of prominent Latino figures. Yet look beyond the endorsements from prominent figures, such as civil rights leaders Astrid Silva and Dolores Huerta and actor Eva Longoria, and the Latino community’s alliances begins to fray.
The same is true for unions in Nevada, which also tend to be heavily Latino and, in a service-sector dominated state, have historically been kingmakers in Democratic elections.
While labor leaders back Clinton, low-wage workers and indebted students are being drawn to the message of radical economic change propagated by the 74-year-old senator from Vermont who some are calling “El Viejito” (the little old man).
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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/19/el-viejito-for-president-why-latinos-in-nevada-are-switching-to-bernie-sanders
The state’s low-wage workers and indebted students are drawn to the Vermont senator’s message of radical economic change.
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Clinton, who once enjoyed a lead in the state, has lost ground, and is now considered to be roughly neck-and-neck with Sanders going into Saturday’s contest.
That, in itself, constitutes a major setback for the former secretary of state. Nevada was supposed to be the first brick in Clinton’s supposed “firewall” of support in states that are far more ethnically diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire, the overwhelmingly white states where Sanders first put up a strong challenge to Clinton and then forced her into a resounding defeat.
Clinton beat Barack Obama in the popular vote in Nevada in 2008, in a victory that relied on her support among Latinos, who now comprise 28% of the state’s population and affectionately refer to her as “La Hillary”.
She still maintains the backing of Nevada’s older, democratic establishment, including a string of prominent Latino figures. Yet look beyond the endorsements from prominent figures, such as civil rights leaders Astrid Silva and Dolores Huerta and actor Eva Longoria, and the Latino community’s alliances begins to fray.
The same is true for unions in Nevada, which also tend to be heavily Latino and, in a service-sector dominated state, have historically been kingmakers in Democratic elections.
While labor leaders back Clinton, low-wage workers and indebted students are being drawn to the message of radical economic change propagated by the 74-year-old senator from Vermont who some are calling “El Viejito” (the little old man).
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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/19/el-viejito-for-president-why-latinos-in-nevada-are-switching-to-bernie-sanders
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