Poll: Democrats Brown, Boxer hold narrow leads

Poll: Democrats Brown, Boxer hold narrow leads
- September 27, 2010
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies department chair and political science associate professor, is quoted in the Associated Press September 25, 2010; also featured in 8 additional publications
From the AP:
Hispanics are a traditional Democratic voting bloc that Whitman has sought to woo
with Spanish-language television ads and billboards. Brown was favored by 44 percent
of likely Hispanic voters in the poll, compared to 26 percent for Whitman. Both candidates
need to have a strong grassroots effort to reach Hispanics, who typically are not
persuaded to go to the polls through television advertisements, said Louis DeSipio,
chairman of Chicano-Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. "The Democrats
have an opportunity with Latinos in 2010," DeSipio said. "If Latinos turn out in large
numbers, that will raise the likelihood of a Brown victory." Hispanics are having
a growing influence in California politics but are projected to comprise just 15 percent
of voters in the Nov. 2 general election.
For the full story, please visit http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/politics&id=7689512.
Also ran in:
- Charleston Gazette
- Daily Comet
- The Ledger
- The Republic
- San Diego Union Tribune
- San Francisco Examiner
- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Washington Examiner
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