Hispanics cast 71 percent of their ballots Tuesday for President Barack Obama, according an analysis of exit polls by the Pew Hispanic Center. Republican challenger Mitt Romney lagged far behind, with a 27 percent take.
Obama won the biggest share of the Hispanic vote since Bill Clinton captured 72 percent in 1996.
The Washington, D.C.-based Pew Hispanic Center, an arm of the Pew Research Center, also said Latinos made up a growing share of the electorate in three battleground states — Florida, Colorado and Nevada. READ MORE
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