Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and their numbers are increasing across the country. The percentage of Hispanic voters doubled from 1988 to 2008.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Pew Hispanic Center | Tobey/The Washington Post - February 20, 2010
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Republican Party looks to rebuild support among Hispanics Article | AUSTIN -- Henry Bonilla, a Texas Republican whose district ran along the Mexican border, won seven straight elections to the House by relying on retail politics in Hispanic communities where GOP candidates had rarely bothered to tread.