El Voto
Obama is gaining an edge among Hispanics.
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As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination accelerates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are paying close attention to the voting patterns of specific racial and ethnic groups. This is especially true of Hispanics, who could account for a third or more of the voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Texas. According to mid-February Gallup figures, Obama now leads Clinton among Hispanic Democrats nationally by 50 percent to 46 percent, a huge swing from Gallup’s early February compilation when Clinton led Obama by 63 percent to 32 percent. Obama has retained his lead among black Democrats nationally, with 77 percent supporting him and only 20 percent supporting Clinton. Source: The Gallup Organization, February 2008.