Latinos Pols Pay Smaller Price for Anti-Immigrant Stance
By Carolyn Salazar
Published November 05, 2010

Nov. 5: Hispanics voted against anti-immigrant candidates -- unless that candidate happened to be Latino. Shown here, Marco Rubio of Florida, left, and Brian Sandoval of Nevada.

Political analysts say Hispanics across the country came out in full force Tuesday to vote against candidates spewing anti-immigrant rhetoric.

But early evidence suggests – though analysts are still crunching numbers – that Hispanic voters seemed slightly more forgiving to the anti-immigration candidates if they had one attribute their political opponent did not: they were Hispanic.

From Florida to Texas to Nevada, Latino voters went to the polls in commanding numbers – many to block candidates they felt were fueling anti-Latino sentiments in their community, according to a recent survey. Latino Decisions, which conducted a survey earlier this week, said 53 percent of Latinos told them the anti-Latino rhetoric was “the most importantâ€