Frankly, more so than an African-American because the feeling is that Hispanics are located in more swing states and tend to be more of a swing vote than the black vote which tends to be very loyal Democratic. In some ways, black votes pay the price of being taken for granted by the Democratic party in a way the Hispanics do not. I continue to believe very strongly that the woman s vote is the single most important swing vote in the election. Last time the gender gap was 17 points. If only men had voted, Bob Dole would be president.
People forget that.
He didn t win the male vote by a lot, he won it by one point, but he won the male vote. Bill Clinton won the female vote by 16 points. It was a 17 point gender gap. Democrats know that they need women s votes to win the election. It s an open question whether a woman on a ticket actually helps you with women voters.