Young Latinos convincing their parents into supporting Bernie - and it's paying off.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/young-latinos-convert-parents-supporting-bernie-sanders
The clear enthusiasm among young people for the Sanders campaign is slowly having a double return within the Latino community fired-up millennials with immigrant roots are going home to their families and convincing them to buy into Sanders revolution.
Older Latinos are already established in the political system. But the young people voting for Bernie are having an influence on how their parents vote, said Anahi Tapia, 26.
The dynamic factors into almost shocking results in Illinois, where according to the latest NBC News/Marist/WSJ poll out this week, Sanders is leading Clinton by 34 points with Latino voters, claiming 64 percent to her 30 percent. This, while he is still trailing overall in the state by six points.
Its all because of the grassroots. Its the young millennials that refuse to be anyones firewall, Cesar Vargas, a national Latino outreach strategist for Sanders, said of the campaigns success.