New Hampshire’s Latino community may be small, but could be decisive in primary

*A small state, a big group of candidates . . .these are the conditions that open opportunities for a small segment of voters. Latinos may be 3 percent of the registered voters in New Hampshire, but as tight as the races are this year, three percent is important. VL

By Andrew O’Reilly, Fox News Latino

NASHUA, N.H. –  Walking down the stretch of West Hollis St. between Vine and Palm streets in this small, industrial New England city feels very much like walking through a section of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood.

This gritty strip of road a few blocks from the Nashua River and the city’s famed Millyard is the heart of the state’s small, but growing Latino community — bustling traffic coming in and out of La Fama Barber Shop, a Mexican grocery selling tortillas and tamales, and bodegas advertising calling cards to the Dominican Republic, Mexico and other parts of Latin America.

But West Hollis Street is also a microcosm of the Granite State’s Latino community in the sense that it feels politically overlooked, analyst say. Despite its small size, experts argue that any candidate hoping to win in New Hampshire should focus more attention on the budding Hispanic community here.

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