Latino voters need more than lip service on immigration reform, healthcare and climate change from the field of candidates running for president in 2016, says Dolores Huerta, renowned workers' and civil rights activist. Huerta, who had been at the vanguard of the Latino and immigrant rights movement with contemporaries like Cesar Chavez, said Latinos in the U.S. are poised to play a larger role in the electorate.
"I believe the Latino community can be the deciders and we saw that happen in the 2008 election and the 2012 election," Huerta said in an interview with the Latin Post, referring to the growing rate of Latino eligible voters in states where Hispanics have outpaced all other ethnic groups. "We are so many voters at this point in time, even in many states where we have small percentages, like in the state of Virginia," she said.
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"I believe the Latino community can be the deciders and we saw that happen in the 2008 election and the 2012 election," Huerta said in an interview with the Latin Post, referring to the growing rate of Latino eligible voters in states where Hispanics have outpaced all other ethnic groups. "We are so many voters at this point in time, even in many states where we have small percentages, like in the state of Virginia," she said.
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