New York, NY –
The percentage of Hispanics registered to vote in New York City is growing sharply, a new survey finds -- and they're overwhelmingly backing Hillary Clinton in the presidential primary.
The Hispanic federation survey found the five boroughs have the second highest concentration of Hispanic voters in the country -- right behind Los Angeles. Three quarters of city Latinos identify themselves as democrats, and among those, Hillary Clinton is leading 66% to just sixteen percent for Barack Obama.
More than 20% of the city electorate is Latino, the survey found, with the number of registered Hispanic voters increasing 40% since 1990. The survey didn’t poll Hispanics outside of New York City -- and there are big populations in Westchester, Long Island, and Syracuse that will all be voting in Tuesday's primary.
The survey was conducted among 801 hispanic adults from January 14th through 23rd. The margin of error is 3.5 percentage points.
Award–winning journalist Andrea Bernstein is the Director of the public radio Transportation Nation project, a partnership with WNYC, The Takeaway, Marketplace, WAMU (Washington, DC), WMFE (Orlando), KUHF (Houston), YPR (Montana and Wyoming), and KALW (San Francisco). She is also a regular guest–host on the Brian Lehrer show.
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