A growing Hispanic vote still favors GOP

Boston Globe ^ | 3/7/2004 | Dario Moreno

[Kuksool]

It is impossible to understand Florida politics without taking into account the rising political influence of its Hispanic population. Hispanics are the state's largest minority group, comprising 16.8 percent of the total population of 16 million. They are also a sizable portion of the state's voters. Hispanics make up 11 percent of Florida's electorate, a number that has important implications for the 2004 presidential election. When one tries to analyze Florida's Hispanic politics through lenses ground to the prescription of other states, one comes away with a vision that is decidedly out of focus. Things work differently in Florida. Whereas Latinos are overwhelmingly registered as Democrats in other parts of the nation, in Florida, Hispanics are a pivotal faction in the governing Republican coalition. While in other parts of the country Hispanics vote at rates that are a mere fraction of the voter turnout rates of non-Latin whites, Cuban-Americans in South Florida vote at a rate comparable to non-Hispanic whites, and sometime even higher. Even the terms are different: Hispanic is preferred in Florida while Latino is favored in the rest of the country.

[Jorge]

Hey Jorge, you should link this article to the folks we were battling last night

I would, but I am technologically challenged when it comes to things like posting photos and links on FR threads.
I don't know how to do it.

[Torie]

Whom do you want to link to this article? I will take care of it.

[Torie]

Of course, you can just post an FYI to your interlocutors to this article.

[Porterville]

I know how, but I'm not sure I want to invite them to the party.

[Richard Kimball]

Thank you for your service to this country. Didn't Bill Clinton's handling of the Elian Gonzales thing solidify the Florida vote into the Republican camp?

[Jorge]

Of course, you can just post an FYI to your interlocutors to this article.

Great idea! I can ping them to the thread and they will never know it's because I can't post a link. (grin)

[Political Junkie Too]

I am technologically challenged when it comes to things like posting photos and links on FR threads. I don't know how to do it.

Here's how:

For links, use the following syntax:
<#a href=your.link.here>alternate name here<#/a> except remove the # at the beginning of each <, as that was included to keep FR from turning it into a link.

For pictures, use the following syntax:
<#img src=picture.link.here> again removing the #.

Hope this helps. Have fun and good luck.

-PJ

[Jorge]

Thanks much for the lesson on posting links.
Could you do me a favor and post a step by step example using a real post?

[Political Junkie Too]

If you're using Internet Explorer, click on the menu item View->Source. You can see all the html there. Find a post with a picture in it and search for that posters name. You'll find the syntax examples there.

-PJ

[Cacique]

I think it's wishful thinking. The unregistered hispanics and illegal immigrants are mostly leftist in outlook and once they become voters you can kiss GOP dreams goodbye.

[Porterville]

Like myself and my entire family? You are wrong.

[Luis Gonzalez]

It's my State, and Kerry can't have it.

[JRios1968]

I don't know. Seems to me like more Cubans are now in the GOP camp. I know the Puerto Ricans in FL are here due to
a. military connection, or
b. a desire to get into a better situation than that in the Island, or
c. all of the above (like me.)

[Jorge]

Wow! That is fantastic.
I did what you said, and I isolated the syntax that looked like it was for a the photo, pasted it in my own post, hit the preview button, and the phote was there.
First time I ever did that.

Thanks much!