In Nevada, young Latinos are ‘Bernie kids’ while their parents are ‘with Hillary’

*Is this any different from what’s playing-out across the country? There’s a generational divide among Democratic voters and it’s present in the Latino community as well. Latinas make political decision in the home, that’s been well documented, so while older Latinas are concerned with household budgets and issues of safety and education for their children and childcare, younger Latinas may be thinking about income inequality and student loans as a primary concern. It’s not so much a statement as it is a question. What do you think? VL

By Kate Linthicum, The Los Angeles Times (4.5 minute read)

Last year, Nevada college student Ivan Soto was one of about 800,000 Latinos in the United States who turned 18 and became eligible to vote.

He and other millennials — those born in the 1980s and 1990s — make up nearly half of all eligible Latino voters and are increasingly seen as crucial to unlocking the Latino vote.

A fervent Bernie Sanders supporter who learned about the Vermont senator’s campaign on Reddit and through Google searches, Soto reflects a growing generational divide in the Latino community that mirrors divisions in the wider electorate: Although many young Latinos are flocking to the Sanders campaign, many of their parents are backing Hillary Clinton.

How that division plays out will go a long way toward determining who wins the caucus. The contest has shaped up as a crucial test of Sanders’ appeal to minority voters, whose backing he will need as the Democratic race moves from Iowa and New Hampshire, overwhelmingly white states, into a series of much more diverse arenas.

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