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7%
English-surnamed 847
Early vote total 150
Percentage 17%
No toda la culpa reside en mano de los Chicanos que apoyaron a Robertson. Nuestra comunidad mantiene la responsabilidad de seguir con ese puesto en el concilio el cual trabajamos duro para obtener. Les pido que no les pongan atención a aquellos que, por razones personales, se ajuntan con los que nos quieren seguir oprimiendo.
¿Ahora cuantos Chicanos tomaron responsabilidad y votaron?
En total 1,514 personas votaron. Chicanos contaron por 827 votos o el 54.6% y Anglos 687 o el 45.4%. Además, 65 Chicanos votaron por Robertson o el 7%.
Conclusion
Obviously, a small number of Anglos voted for Hernandez, but by and large the total vote seemed to breakdown along ethnic lines; as has been the case in most elections here in this city and county.
But the point of this exercise is to demonstrate the possible effect that Deleon and other “compañeras y compañeros” had on the Chicano vote, which was 65 votes or 7% of the total.
If you take into consideration some Anglos voted for Hernandez, then the DeLeon impact was less. It is up to the community to decide whether their influence was effective.
But in making that judgment, one must take into account that had more Chicanos taken their responsibility
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