Clinton Backlash Scares Latina Voters And Politicians

In a Halloween poll conducted by the Associated Press about which presidential candidate would make the scariest costume, four in 10 men chose Clinton, while one third of women did. Overall, Clinton garnered 37 percent of the vote while the runner-up, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, came in second with 14 percent. None of the other candidates exceeded 6 percent.

Why does Hillary Clinton scare so many men and women? It’s not a trivial question to contemplate, especially for Latinas.

The National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) released a study in January 2007 that found Latinas are increasingly entering the political arena. The study noted that in 1996 there were 907 Latinas in elected office; eleven years later there were 1,574.”*

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