dagblog - Comments for "Big Money Flows in New Jersey Races to Thwart Christie Agenda" http://dagblog.com/link/big-money-flows-new-jersey-races-thwart-christie-agenda-17714 Comments for "Big Money Flows in New Jersey Races to Thwart Christie Agenda" en Despite that Early exit http://dagblog.com/comment/186012#comment-186012 <a id="comment-186012"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/big-money-flows-new-jersey-races-thwart-christie-agenda-17714">Big Money Flows in New Jersey Races to Thwart Christie Agenda</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Despite that</p> <blockquote> <p>Early exit polls show Christie won <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/05/politics/election-2013-exit-polls/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+Politics%29" target="_hplink">roughly half of the Latino vote</a>.</p> <p>Latinos make up about 18 percent of the state’s population.</p> <p>“Chris Christie has demonstrated that Republicans can win the Latino vote, something we’ve been saying now for years,” said Bob Quasius, founder and president of <a href="http://www.cafeconlecherepublicans.com/" target="_hplink">Cafe Con Leche Republicans.</a> “Christie truly ‘gets it’ when it comes to Latinos, and his engagement is a model for other candidates to follow.”</p> <p>Quasius said he believes many Latinos voted for Christie because of his support for pro-immigrant policies and for his efforts to reach out to Latinos.</p> <p>A day before the election, Christie made several campaign stops with New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez. Last month, he surprised many when he <a href="http://voxxi.com/2013/10/15/christie-in-state-tuition-undocumented/" target="_hplink">voiced his support</a> for legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public colleges and universities.</p> </blockquote> <p>from <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/06/2013-elections-latino-vote_n_4225137.html">Griselda Nevarez at the <em>Huffington Post</em></a></p> <p>and from the <em>CNN</em> report that she links to, at the top of my quote:</p> <blockquote> <p>He won 49% of voters between the ages of 18 and 29. He won roughly three in 10 self-described liberals. He won 50% of the Hispanic vote. And he won roughly 20% of the African-American vote.</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Thu, 07 Nov 2013 01:32:44 +0000 artappraiser comment 186012 at http://dagblog.com Graphic from same article: http://dagblog.com/comment/185953#comment-185953 <a id="comment-185953"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/big-money-flows-new-jersey-races-thwart-christie-agenda-17714">Big Money Flows in New Jersey Races to Thwart Christie Agenda</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Graphic from same article:</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/05/nyregion/05jersey-graphic/05jersey-graphic-articleInline.gif" style="width: 190px; height: 482px;" /></p> </div></div></div> Wed, 06 Nov 2013 01:11:07 +0000 artappraiser comment 185953 at http://dagblog.com