Word: palabra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mexican-American electorate, which has doubled since 1976, helped to swing the election. Clements made much of White's opposition to the 1965 Voting Rights Act extension, and referred to himself as un hombre de palabra (a man of his word). White countered with slogans like Ya basta . . . de los Republicanos (Enough of Republicans). Chicanos agreed: the Democrats took more than 85% of the Hispanic vote. Statewide turnout was unusually high (49%), and in some black neighborhoods in Houston, which were carried heavily by White, it approached...
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