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TJMS: Mobilizing The Black And Brown Vote For November 2nd, Closing The Enthusiasm Gap

10/19/2010 12:12 pm 0 comments

Roland Martin talks with Matt A. Barreto, Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington about the voting power and enthusiasm of Hispanic voters.

Barreto is leading a tracking poll entitled, The Latinos Decisions Tracking Poll that shows where Latinos stand as it relates to the November 2nd election. Barreto told Roland, “This is something that has never been done before. You’ve seen things like the Gallup tracking poll but there has never been a specific over sample looking at one specific minority group.”

Barreto explained that if you go back a few months it was not looking that good for Democrats. Latino enthusiasm was very low and according to Barreto, they did not think Latinos would vote for Democrats in November. He explained that in the last couple of weeks they have seen a little up tick in voter enthusiasm.

Barreto said the Democratic numbers are starting to come up but they have not reach the 2008 level. Barreto said, “If they [Latinos] can go to the polls, it looks like they’re definitely going to vote Democrat. Its just getting people to the polls and getting that vote out.”

Listen to Roland Martin’s entirety TJMS interview with Matt Barreto. Roland and Barreto discuss issues that are important to Latino voters, the lack of attention paid to those issues and getting the vote out for November 2nd.

For more information about Latino Decisions visit http://latinodecisions.wordpress.com/

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