Unfortunately, our political parties are increasingly looking like tribal affiliations. Republicans are becoming mostly a white male party. Females are tilting heavily Democratic (at least partly based on pro-choice vs. pro-life issue). Majority of non-whites are tilting Democratic, feeling they don’t belong in the Republican party. Within this big picture, I think there is a competition between African-Americans and Hispanics . Since it is widely assumed that AAs will tilt towards Obama, Hispanics want to tilt towards Clinton. There may also be a subtext in Hispanics trying to identify themselves as belonging among working class Whites than Blacks.
