A national poll of Latino voters found 89% support for President Obama’s use of Executive Authority on immigration. The poll was conducted November 20-22, coinciding with the news of President Obama’s policy announcement, and was conducted by Latino Decisions and commissioned by Presente.org in partnership with NALACC and Mi Familia […] Read more »
Democrats Should Heed Americans’ Economic Anxiety
To recover from their debacle in the midterm elections, Democrats have seized on two questionable propositions: They lost mainly because of President Barack Obama’s unpopularity, and the 2016 presidential election will be more favorable. … Turnout, exit polls and other data suggest another Achilles’ heel for Democrats: the lack of […] Read more »
The Election Map Alone Doesn’t Explain The 2014 Republican Wave
Throughout the 2014 campaign, we kept hearing that Republicans were going to do well because of the “map.” … It’s time to give the map argument a rest. Even if you control for the fact that a large number of races took place in red states, the Republican performance was […] Read more »
Why the GOP Really Hates the Immigration Executive Order
When President Obama took steps to legalize the status of 5 million undocumented immigrants, he brought out the real Republican Party, not the reasonable one Republican leaders put forward momentarily after the election. There is a reason the Republican Party has stopped immigration reform and is now suing the president. […] Read more »
Executive Action on Immigration
On behalf of Americans United for Change, Hart Research Associates conducted a national survey on the topic of President Obama’s executive action on immigration. The survey was conducted among 800 likely 2016 voters from November 19 to 20, 2014. … Voters respond favorably by an overwhelming 39-point margin to executive […] Read more »
Obama’s Immigration Strategy and Low-Income Workers
President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration may strengthen his support among Hispanic voters but hurt him among one of his most reliable blocs, low-income Americans, the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll suggests. CONT. Dante Chinni (American U.), Wall Street Journal Read more »