Beware of how exit polls call the Latino vote
Political junkies, pollsters and both campaigns live and die by poll numbers, especially exit polls. With the election only five days away, Latino political scientist Gary Segura, from Stanford...
View ArticleYoung first-time voters on what issues are important to them
Did you vote today? A new youth voting poll says that 56.6 percent of Latino youth intend to vote this election. Here’s what a few first-time voters had to say about what this election means to them....
View ArticleLatinos contribute to the changing face of America
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the economy, stupid. It’s the demographics – the changing face of America. The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and...
View ArticleSupreme Court to consider eliminating Voting Rights Act which has protected...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government’s most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a...
View ArticleOpinion: Attention immigration “allies”— stop silencing DREAMers
Note: This is a response to Tuesday’s hot-button Opinion piece by NBC Latino contributor Stephen A. Nuño, DREAM On: Immigration reform should not focus on Dreamers On the heels of President Obama’s...
View ArticleRomney: Obama won because of “gifts” he gave Latinos, blacks and young voters
The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times are reporting that Mitt Romney told a group of donors he believed his campaign was ‘superb,’ but they lost because of President Obama’s ‘gifts’ to Latinos,...
View ArticleCongressman Gutierrez “introduces” Latino voters to the GOP
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to “introduce” the Republican Party to Latinos as a way of underscoring the impact of Hispanics and the immigration issue...
View ArticleOp-ed: 10 things the GOP can do to turn the tide with Latino voters
The 2012 elections were a wake-up call to Republicans and conservatives. Many were not expecting Obama to win reelection decisively, much less win at all. While the chorus of blame and finger-pointing...
View ArticleLatino groups vow large-scale national mobilization for 2013 immigration reform
On the wings of a successful effort that resulted in a record number of Latinos going to the polls in November, a group of Latino civil rights, labor and voting organizations announced today a...
View ArticleAnalysis: One year after Romney’s “self-deport,” parties can’t ignore...
As legislators in Congress are deciding whether to take on immigration reform — and even more importantly, whether to support or oppose any proposed legislation – it is worth examining what happened...
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