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Fact-Checking Estimates of Hispanic Voters

The gubernatorial race in Florida isn't even set yet - though it's highly likely that Republican governor Rick Scott will be going up against former Republican governor Charlie Crist, who is now a Democrat.

Based on recent presidential votes in Florida, Crist may be assuming that he'll get the lion's share of the Hispanic vote in the state.

But Scott isn't just giving Crist the Hispanic vote. He's working hard to get the attention of that growing voting block.And Democrats are working hard to keep Hispanic votes on their side - and to get more Hispanics to the polls in this off-year election.

But PolitiFact Florida says some Florida Democrats may be overestimating the Hispanic vote.

PolitiFact's Josh Gillin talked about what they found with WUSF's Craig Kopp.