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On the recordOctober 24, 2012
I will just be very blunt. Should I win a second term a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses the importance of the Latino vote and how the Republican Party's actions have alienated this demographic.

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