New Mexico Gives Look Into Politics of Future

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/us/politics/new-mexico-gives-look-into-politics-of-future.html?hpw&_r=0

New Mexico Democrats are intensifying their efforts to increase Hispanic voter turnout, a perennial quest here and across the country for a rapidly growing ethnic group that tends to vote in significantly lower percentages than other groups. 

The results are being closely watched by national party leaders. The theory is that, with the Hispanic population growing in many states, the way New Mexico looks today is the way many states will look in elections down the road.