Did President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney intentionally drop the ball with Latino voters The candidates have yet to make a concerted effort to address top Latino concerns during the final stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign.
“I think that both candidates are still not doing enough to frame the concerns of Hispanics in the United States as it relates to the economy; this is somewhat depressing given the significance of Hispanics making strides to move toward the middle classeven if only aspirationally,” said Richard Pineda, a communications professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, who was disappointed that neither candidate brought up during the recent debate how Latinos play an important role in continuing America’s economic recovery.
With eligible Latino voters at historic highs, shouldn’t America’s largest demographic be one of Obama’s and Romney’s campaign focal points That’s 23.7 million voters each candidate potentially is passing up from this rapidly growing group, which the Pew Hispanic Center’s Mark Lopez discusses in the video below.
