Dem rallies to encourage Colorado Hispanics to vote

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Ivan Moreno
The Associated Press
Aspen, CO Colorado

DENVER — Colorado Democrats will hold rallies in seven cities this weekend in what they call an unprecedented effort to get Hispanics to vote early for Barack Obama ...

Federico Pena, the Obama campaign's national co-chairman, predicted the Hispanic vote will lead Obama to victory in Colorado and other swing states. He cited a report by the William C. Velasquez Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, that shows Obama and Sen. John McCain in a statistical tie in Colorado if Hispanic voters are factored out. The study suggests that with Hispanic support factored in, Obama wins the battleground states of Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.

Counting out Hispanic voters in New Mexico, McCain would lead by four points there, the report found ...

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20081021/NEWS/810209930/1058&title=Dem%20rallies%20to%20encourage%20Colorado%20Hispanics%20to%20vote

[Richard Steele]

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