From Bloomberg Businessweek:
Riverside County is growing more diverse ethnically, and Latinos make up close to half the population. But one wouldn't know that by the ease with which three county supervisors all of them white recaptured seats in Tuesday's primary despite challenges from Latino candidates, one of whom was well-funded and well-known… Simply "having a Latino candidate on the ballot doesn't get people to the polls," said Louis DeSipio, a professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine.

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