Which in Washington, according to the campaign, is more than four percent of the citizenry. Campaign officials, during a conference call this afternoon, said there are a handful of battleground states that will be determined by a few thousand votes– among them: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida. While Washington isn’t necessarily considered a battleground, the campaign has formed a Latino Leadership Committee here to ensure widespread participation among this growing demographic. Campaign officials estimate there are more than 100,000 eligible Latino voters still to be registered in Washington and boast that 52 percent of those who turned out for the February caucuses were first-time voters.During the call, state Sen. Margarita Prentice (D-Renton), a member of Obama’s Latino Leadership Committee, said she’s pleased with the campaign’s outreach efforts and is proud to be a part of the state’s Latino community, er ah something like that:”It’s finally a recognition that we are in every corner of the state,” she said. “I’m proud to be a part of this group because they came here to work and they work everywhere. …We’re not all knife-carrying thugs. We’ve blended into the community here. This is giving us a chance to speak for all of us and do it in a positive way.”Ultimately, the election may not hinge on Washington, or even the Latino vote, but it will likely be decided by first-time voters– something that makes those horse-race polls (because they typically only ask past voters) even more useless than usual.