In the second installment of our Beyond the Ballot research series, Resurgent Republic sponsored four focus groups on immigration reform with Republican primary voters in Des Moines, Iowa, and Greenville, South Carolina. … President Obama’s reelection victory, and Republicans’ shrinking support among non-white voters, has been a seminal moment for […] Read more »
Congress Improves Among Hispanics; Obama, SCOTUS Hold Majority Popularity
Popularity of the U.S. Congress, while weak overall, has gained sharply among Hispanics, likely reflecting its current efforts on immigration reform, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll has found. More than half of Americans, meanwhile, favorably rate the U.S. Supreme Court and the president alike. Congress by far is the […] Read more »
Growing Minority Vote and GOP
… Two things have happened over the last 20 years in the U.S. First, the non-white population has grown. The white, non-Hispanic population has shrunken to about 65% today from about 75% in 1990. Second, and crucial for national elections, that population has grown in states that are also growing. […] Read more »
Republicans Admit They Have Problems, But Can They Fix Them?
They say that the first step in recovery is admitting you have a problem. The RNC, with the release of their 100 page critical examination of their failures in the 2012 election, has taken that big step. … However, identifying a problem is one thing. Fixing it is another. Even […] Read more »
Latino voters favor gun restrictions
… Latino Decisions conducted a national survey of the Latino electorate to establish where these voters stand on different gun control policy options under consideration in national, state and local governments. … The results clearly indicate the majority of Latino voters hold a consistent set of opinions, supporting proposals that […] Read more »
Immigration policy stance directly tied to winning the Latino vote
A new Latino Decisions poll finds that Latino voters are paying very close attention to the immigration debate in Congress and that a candidate’s stance on immigration policy will directly effect how many Latino votes they win or lose. The new poll of 800 Latino registered voters nationwide was conducted […] Read more »