The Guadalajara Reporter

Mexicans there and here invigorated that Hispanic votes, African American, Asian American votes influenced US election

A lot of Mexicans on both sides of the border have a new spring in their stride.  And after a multitude of threats and an avalanche of vilification that increased as the United States’ presidential election neared its culmination, they are beaming with unabashed self-confidence.  The rap on Mexican American voters has long been: They may have fervent political views, but they don’t vote.  Even though a vote might begin to ease their problems.  But their voting record showed an indifference that bruised their cause.

That assumption became history November 6.  In an unprecedented turnout, Hispanic voters gave President Barak Obama 75 percent of their support.  African Americans, Asia Americans and other “minorities” also gave a majority of their votes to Obama, as did women and young people.  Level-headed political decoders, here and there, attribute this to  what appears like an intentionally created image of a party of self-satisfied racists created by, not all but many, conservatives.  For proof of this, Mexican-American political operatives – and common citizens – pointed to the noisy log-jamb of derogatory references by conservative “commentators,” candidates and political spear-carriers aimed at the U.S. Hispanic population of some 50 million.  And despite a host of post-election remarks critical of Romney, Hispanic commentators noted that Republicans were not embarrassed or regretful concerning their party’s self-created image as a self-satisfied, racist (and misogynist) organization that also saw sectors of the middle- and poor-classes as the enemy.

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