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Are Latino Democrats split over Sanders, Clinton?

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during in a televised town hall meeting with Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on February 18, 2016.
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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during in a televised town hall meeting with Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on February 18, 2016.

Are Latino Democrats switching their allegiance from Clinton to Sanders?

Once upon a time, Nevada was Hillary Clinton's state to lose.

But after Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in New Hampshire, the expectation has completely changed. The Nevada race Saturday is now predicted to be much closer between Clinton and Sanders. The state is heavily Latino, a demographic base that many had thought Clinton has a lock on.

Are Latino Democrats switching their allegiance from Clinton to Sanders? If so, is there a generational divide in the split?  

Guests:

Adrian Carrasquillo, Editor of Latino coverage and a political reporter at BuzzFeed. One of his latest pieces looks at the generational divide among Latino democrats and how that split impacts the Sanders / Clinton race. He tweets from

Louis Desipio, professor of Political Science and Chicano/Latino Studies at UC Irvine

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