NM B I Z B U Z Z : the Business of New Mexico

The New York Times > Washington > Campaign 2004 > New New Mexico: A Hispanic Electorate With Many Variations. With a population of just 1.8 million people spread across 121,666 square miles, New Mexico has the largest percentage of Hispanic residents - 42 percent - of any state. And at a time when both major political parties are struggling to attract Hispanics, who make up the country's fastest-growing voter demographic, New Mexico is prized as a laboratory for how to get that done....

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