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Originally Posted by gunnut
I don't want to sound racist or accuse anyone of being racist, but Hill won TX probably due to large Hispanic vote. Bottom line, Hispanics don't like blacks.
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Gun,
You don't sound racist and yesterday's numbers back up your statement: Clinton won 67 percent of the Latino vote, compared to 31 percent for Obama.
I found the Republican crossover votes interesting. Local and national news sources (from a Google search) are stating that 10% of the Democratic votes cast in the Texas primary were from Republicans. 53% of the crossover votes went to Obama and 46% went to Clinton. Some Republicans want Obama to win the nomination because they don't want Hillary to get the nomination while others want her to win because they feel she'd be easier to beat in the national election.
I wonder if the Independent voter turnout here in Texas shared the same motivation as the Republican crossover votes.