… Over the past 30 years, Latinos have consistently supported liberal candidates at the state and national level. The Democratic presidential ticket hasn’t won less than 60 percent of the two-party vote in 30 years. Despite this, according to some, Latinos are still ideologically up for grabs. Ronald Reagan famously […] Read more »
Are the Polls Undercounting Latino Obama Backers?
If President Barack Obama loses big Eastern states like Florida and Ohio on November 6, Western swing states like Colorado and Nevada could help him hold on to the White House. Polls in Colorado and Nevada make the states look like anything but sure bets for the president, but there’s […] Read more »
Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote – 2012 edition
In 1998 Harry Pachon and Rudy de la Garza wrote a report for the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute titled “Why Pollsters Missed the Latino Vote – Again!” in which they argued that polls across California failed to accurately account for Latino voters in their samples, and that pre-election polls statewide […] Read more »
ASU’s Morrison Institute creates Latino Center for public policy
Morrison Institute for Public Policy on Monday officially launched its Latino center with a mission to increase the state’s understanding of Latino issues as they relate to Arizona public policy, education, workforce, leadership and economy. … The center already has produced its first publication: “Arizona’s Emerging Latino Vote,” which uses […] Read more »
Obama leads by 45 points with Latinos
Hispanic voters continue to say they prefer President Obama by wide margins over Republican nominee Mitt Romney amid signs that the race is tightening among the broader electorate, according to new data in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll. Obama leads Romney 70 percent to 25 percent among likely Latino […] Read more »
Latino voters highly engaged in presidential election, support for Obama rises
The impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll latest results reveal a high level of interest and engagement by Latino voters in the upcoming congressional and presidential elections. … One of the most interesting electoral stories over the last two weeks may be that while the overall national polls show Romney making noticeable […] Read more »