KansasCityStar: Mary Sanchez' take on the Obama-Clinton vote.

... Simplistic “Si se puede” (“Yes we can”) platitudes aren’t going to cut it. Latino voters care about the same issues that resonate with other citizens: health care, education and the war rank high in polling. Immigration reform is important, but does not poll as the top priority.

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Some studies have shown that Latino immigrants often hold negative views of blacks and want to be identified with the majority culture. That is an aspect of being relatively new in the country and relying on stereotypes, rather than experience, and not having a more stable economic foothold in a new land.

Still, the vast majority of Latino voters are native-born and assimilated to a high degree.

http://www.kansascity.com/276/story/495330.html