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"The reporting makes it seem as if there's no substantive concerns or policy interests motivating Latino voters," Garcia Bedolla said.

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"The myth feeds into the idea that we can somehow get rid of [Latinos]," said Garcia Bedolla.

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And Latinos don't share one opinion on all topics, said Garcia Bedolla.

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When they do, Garcia Bedolla, journalists will see that there's no such thing as a monolithic "Latino vote."

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And Latinos don't share one opinion on all topics, said Garcia Bedolla.

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This portrayal of nearly 20 percent of the voters in California (and 32 percent of the population) as a horde of easily swayed followers, obscures issues important to Latino voters, and amplifies the misrepresentation of Latinos as marginal actors in civic life, said Lisa Garcia Bedolla, an associate professor at the University of California Berkeley's Graduate School of Education, who has written two books about Latino voting trends in the United States.

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This portrayal of nearly 20 percent of the voters in California (and 32 percent of the population) as a horde of easily swayed followers, obscures issues important to Latino voters, and amplifies the misrepresentation of Latinos as marginal actors in civic life, said Lisa Garcia Bedolla, an associate professor at the University of California Berkeley's Graduate School of Education, who has written two books about Latino voting trends in the United States.

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"The reporting makes it seem as if there's no substantive concerns or policy interests motivating Latino voters," Garcia Bedolla said.

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And Latinos don't share one opinion on all topics, said Garcia Bedolla.

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