The Increasing Political Power of Latinos in the Northwest BOISE, ID (idaho) - The latest U.S. census data shows Canyon County is now twenty percent Latino. Two counties in Washington State are now majority Latino. In Central Oregon, the Hispanic community has doubled over the last seven years. All of this is evidence of the growing influence of Latinos in the Northwest. But will this growing population turn out to elect a president this November? Both McCain and Obama hope so. Correspondent Anna King reports. © Copyright 2009, idaho