… The data collected by Latino Decisions in Florida give us insight into how Obama won the Latino vote in Florida. The two most important issues facing these voters were the economy and immigration. … Obama was on the correct side of both issues in the mind of Latino voters […] Read more »
A Blue Texas? Keep Dreaming
Not only did the huge Hispanic turnout on Election Day help return President Obama to the White House; it has also lifted Democratic hopes about what just a few years ago was inconceivable: a blue Texas. … But in case anyone missed it, demographic changes haven’t actually produced gains for […] Read more »
Republicans’ Hispanic Problem Is With Party Base
… The Republican problem on immigration and other issues won’t be solved with just a Washington fix, such as passing an immigration bill or nominating Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as the party’s presidential candidate. The Republican political base is intolerant, stridently so, on issues such as immigration, religion and […] Read more »
How Latinos Are Transforming the Electoral Map
… What can the Republican Party do in the face of a demographic transformation that seems to threaten the GOP’s very status as a national party? I put this question to Stanford University’s Gary Segura, a political scientist who heads the polling group Latino Decisions and is a co-author of […] Read more »
The GOP’s Challenge Extends Beyond Hispanics and Immigration Reform
… The GOP will have miscalculated the breadth of their challenge if they adopt immigration reform as their one-plank plan for recapturing the White House in 2016. The numbers illustrate the folly of relying too much on a Latino turnaround to produce a Republican victory. Obama leads the national popular […] Read more »
Some Takeaways From a Wild Election
… Here are 12 takeaways from the 2012 election, presented in bite-sized pieces. [cont.] Center for Politics, U. of Virginia Read more »