President Barack Obama continues to lead presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by wide margins with Latinos, according to the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll. Hispanics, the largest-growing segment of the U.S. population over the past decade, said they preferred Obama over Romney in the presidential race, 63 to 28 […] Read more »
Majority of New Yorkers Say Police Favor White People
A significant majority of New Yorkers say the Police Department favors whites over blacks, according to a new poll by The New York Times. [cont.] Michael Grynbaum and Marjorie Connelly, New York Times Read more »
New 2012 voter registration numbers highlight potential of Latino vote in 9 key states
New analysis of state voter registration counts by Latino Decisions reveals strong growth in Latino registered voters across the 50 states. … By our count there are now nine states with 101 electoral college votes where the Latino vote could prove to be the deciding factor. [cont.] Matt Barreto, Latino […] Read more »
Paul Ryan, the national debt and the Latino vote
… As a starting point, I think it is safe to say that Paul Ryan is virtually unknown in the Latino community. … However, Ryan has staked out a very clear proposal for reducing the national debt, and we can gain considerable insight into how Latinos might view the VP […] Read more »
Arizona’s Emerging Latino Vote
… Arizona politics and government are dominated by a Republican majority that is supported and elected, primarily, by Arizona’s aging white population. … Unless there is an unforeseeable sea change in Latino voting patterns, Arizona is destined to become a much less Republican-dominated state, perhaps even changing from red to […] Read more »
Nominating Marco Rubio Likely Not a Game Changer for Romney
… New survey data collected by Latino Decisions gives us a glimpse into whether nominating Marco Rubio might have a positive influence on the Latino electorate. … The vocal Cuban American minority in Florida aside, most Latinos in and outside of Florida are not enthused about a Rubio candidacy, both […] Read more »