Posted by student JAMES MITCHELL- Over the past few weeks Barack Obama has been successful at cutting into the base of Hillary Clinton’s support. Many political strategists have attribute Obama’s recent appeal to white female and latino voters, each formerly Clinton-friendly demographics, as a primary cause for the Illinois Senator’s growing national lead over Senator Clinton. Appealing to the large Latino vote in Texas, the Obama campaign has placed banners touting his trademark phrase “Yes We Can” in Spanish around Austin. It is expected that control of the Latino vote will be a major deciding factor in the outcome of the March 4th Texas primary.
James Mitchell is a Clinton School student covering the Democratic presidential debate in Austin, Texas.
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