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School. but a closer look suggests the exact details are more elusive. for example --. my mom started out like many folks do in a very tough spot. she was raised by a single mother with a sixth grade education. >> reporter: now davis says her mother dropped out in ninth grade. >> by the time i was 19, i was a single parent. and i was living in a mobile home in southeast ft. worth. >> reporter: it turns out davis separated from her husband at age 19, but didn't divorce until she was 21. and the trailer park, which has gotten top billing in her buyo, the reality is, she may have only lived there...

But then i look at turnout numbers in a state that the census says is 40% latino, to only be turning out 17% latino on election day, that is obviously something that very much scares republicans in terms of what would happen if latinos did start turning out in greater numbers. but it also represents a real failure for the democratic party for not having been able to maximize their vote among that population that's been so friendly to democratic candidates. what do you make of that and do you think democrats are getting any better? >> well, you know, democrats, we're working harder and harder e...

And vote? and oftentimes, many of those voters would say, yes, i want to vote, but i rode the bus here, or i don't have my own car, you know. and so, i can't vote. and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that really wanted to vote, that they're going to hear this law and they're going to be discoura...

Democratic by 20, 25-point margins or more. but then i look at turnout numbers in a state that the census says is 40% latino, to only be turning out 17% latino on election day, that is obviously something that very much scares republicans in terms of what would happen if latinos did start turning out in greater numbers. but it also represents a real failure for the democratic party for not having been able to maximize their vote among that population that's been so friendly to democratic candidates. what do you make of that and do you think democrats are getting any better? >> well, you know, ...

Voter turnout programs in southeast ft. worth, and we would ask, would you like to go and vote? and oftentimes, many of those voters would say, yes, i want to vote, but i rode the bus here, or i don't have my own car, you know. and so, i can't vote. and we would say, no, you can vote in texas, because we have good laws here in texas. if you have a copy of a bill or if you have an i.d. card from your university or your high school, you know, you can vote as long as you're 18 years of age. and now, i know that that same population that i talked with at that mall in southeast ft. worth that reall...