Michael Alvarez

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and read more

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and Latinos nationally.

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans read more

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans will concentrate on Latinos is that they are in some ways a swing vote, ... Both Bush and Gore can try to make some inroads into the other candidate's Latino base.

It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and read more

It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and Texas.