For Latino voters, best years are ahead - Latina Lista in USA Today

“With another election completed, one has to wonder whether the much-hyped strength of the Latino vote is a reality or simply a spin on the classic fairy tale The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Exit poll results from Tuesday’s elections show an increase in Hispanic voting from 2002. Those results appear to confirm a pre-election report by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), which predicted that Latinos would make up about 6% of the vote. That’s at least one percentage point up from 2002, but hardly enough to get excited about.”

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