Converging dreams

Converging Dreams Why Latinos Support Obama analyzes the newly emerged political force that is the Latino vote in the United States force that many consider monolithic and united either Republican or Democrat While others claim this force is plural and fractionalized without true party loyalty book explains how in 2008 the political map of the United States was forever changed

Political observers had continually said over the years that we Latinos were the sleeping giant of the electorate But on November 4 2008 the sleeping giant awoke and spoke Loudly President Obama was elected with 67 per cent of the Latino vote He was elected with votes that were cast in many places where only a few years ago Latinos were not even on the political radar of the country And he was elected with the help of the Latino vote in the swing states that delivered the important electorial votes to Barack Obama