The idea is that the whites will spread their votes around and the latinos will only vote for the few latino candidates.
That's the way I read it as well. There is still something squirrelly about it.
“The idea is that the whites will spread their votes around and the latinos will only vote for the few latino candidates.”
The idea is that the whites will vote for the best candidate for the position and the racist latinos will vote for the candidate of their skin color.