[Red Badger]

vocal support for gay marriage, for example – don’t play well among conservative Hispanics, he said.

Bingo!.......................

[CedarDave]

and:

...Democrats’ national environmental appeals tend to backfire in a district in which many depend on oil and gas to put food on the table.

The Democrats in north central NM have a different opinion - they vehemently oppose natural resource development because of the constant anti-development, anti-business rants from Santa Fe environmentalists who demonstrate and sue on any activity that may provide non-governmental income in the area. Use of coal for power generation, anti-fracking and closure of forest lands to cattle to protect a mouse are only three of the most recent issues they are protesting.

[JSDude1]

That’s a ticket, as well as economic freedom in the urban areas to a rebound with Hispanic voters, not pandering on “amnesty”.

-J.S.