Democratic presidential hopefuls US Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were handed victories Tuesday in primaries in Texas and Colorado, states of great Latino vote while Republican Ted Cruz became the first Hispanic to win a primary in this region.
Cruz, Republican Senator of Cuban origin, was crowned on the day known as Super Tuesday winner in his own state against the magnate Donald Trump, with 17 points, and thus builds up a fourth regional victory with Oklahoma, Alaska and Iowa, which is also again for a Latino.
In the so-called Super Tuesday more than a dozen states went to the polls in the framework of the primaries to elect candidates of each party for the November presidential election.
The day gave as winners of both parties to Clinton and real estate magnate, each victorious in seven states.
Besides Cruz, Clinton won in Texas by Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders side to (65% -33%), while the defeated Colorado (58% vs. 40%).
In Texas and Colorado, with more than 10 million Hispanics 5 and 28% and 15% of eligible voters, respectively, Latinos the Latino vote was representative of profits in both parties, but so far very preliminary data.
More than 4.5 million voters went above and Cruz Clinton in Texas, according to polls and exit polls results with Hispanic majority districts.
The survey conducted by Edison Research for an alliance of US media showed that 67% of Latino Democrats voted for Clinton, while 33% did so by Sanders.
Among Republicans, Latinos Cruz opted first by 32%, followed closely by Trump.
