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06-16-2003, 10:48 PM
New GOP Caucus Races After Latinos
By Nurith C. Aizenman and David Snyder
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, June 16, 2003
Moments after Alma Preciado was sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a volunteer with the Democratic Party asked whether she wanted to register to vote.
She readily agreed. Within weeks, Preciado says, her mailbox was flooded with campaign literature from Democratic candidates, and she soon became a reliable party-line voter.
It wasn't until nearly a decade later that Preciado, a native of Mexico, happened upon a rally for presidential candidate George W. Bush and realized that her views were actually more in line with the GOP.
In retrospect, muses the Silver Spring mortgage broker, it seems incredible that her revelation was so long in coming. "But I didn't really understand what was going on when I registered," she said. "And I had no reason to question it because there were no Republicans in Maryland reaching out to explain the party's values to Hispanics like me."
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By Nurith C. Aizenman and David Snyder
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, June 16, 2003
Moments after Alma Preciado was sworn in as a U.S. citizen, a volunteer with the Democratic Party asked whether she wanted to register to vote.
She readily agreed. Within weeks, Preciado says, her mailbox was flooded with campaign literature from Democratic candidates, and she soon became a reliable party-line voter.
It wasn't until nearly a decade later that Preciado, a native of Mexico, happened upon a rally for presidential candidate George W. Bush and realized that her views were actually more in line with the GOP.
In retrospect, muses the Silver Spring mortgage broker, it seems incredible that her revelation was so long in coming. "But I didn't really understand what was going on when I registered," she said. "And I had no reason to question it because there were no Republicans in Maryland reaching out to explain the party's values to Hispanics like me."
The Rest (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A62741-2003Jun15.html?nav=h ptoc_m)