… The election eve polls conducted by Latino Decisions indicated that almost 87% of Colorado Latinos … supported Obama in Colorado and 88% supported the Democrat in Congressional elections.
Those numbers are staggering. Combine this overwhelming support for Democrats with what The Pew Center estimates as 14% of the electorate (up from 8% in 2004), and Latinos have become a key constituency for Democratic success in Colorado. …
From here on out, it is hard to imagine a Colorado policy issue that will not be framed at least in part by the question of how Latinos will be affected by, and what are Latino preferences on, the issue. [cont.]
Robert R. Preuhs, Metropolitan State U. of Denver, Latino Decisions