Hillary Clinton Brings On Latino Polling Firm In Key Hire

*A good choice on Clinton’s part. Other well-known national pollsters treat Latinos as a sub-set and the results, taken as truth, are skewed because of it. Latino Decisions polls Latinos as a polling universe, their results have a stronger scientific base. VL

By Adrian Carrasquillo, BuzzFedd

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is bolstering its growing Latino outreach apparatus, tapping polling firm Latino Decisions to gauge attitudes of the Hispanic community, two sources tell BuzzFeed News.

[pullquote]Democrats said the hire further signaled that the campaign will work hard to understand Latino attitudes.[/pullquote]

The firm, led by political scientists and professors Matt Barreto and Gary Segura, has worked with immigration groups and unions like America’s Voice and SEIU, as well as National Council of La Raza, Univision and the progressive Center for American Progress on polls.

The deal came through after weeks of back and forth negotiations between Latino Decisions and the campaign. Only Segura and Barreto are joining the Clinton team and the campaign contacted other contenders for the Latino polling role to tell them of its decision. The Clinton campaign did not respond to a request for comment by publication.

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