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Cuban-American Republican Ted Cruz Wide Lead in Texas Senate Seat
October 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban-American Republican Ted Cruz has a commanding lead in the polls over Democrat Paul Sadler in the race for one of Texas' two seats in the U.S. Senate. Cruz, 41, had to beat Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in a GOP primary runoff and now looks to do the same with Sadler, who has not held public office since 2003. continue reading »
The Latino Gender Gap: Latina Voters Prefer Obama by 53 Point Margin
September 19, 2012 | by Latino Decisions | HS News Network
With seven weeks until the election Republican candidate Mitt Romney's potential gender gap with women faces a new hurdle in the Latino community, as reported today by Pilar Marrero. According to the fourth week of the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll Latina voters plan to vote for President Obama by a margin of 74% to 21% for Romney - a 53 point gap. continue reading »
Study Projects Increase Participation in Hispanic Vote But Less than 4% of Electorate in Swing State
September 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies projects the share of Hispanic voters nationally and in battleground states for the upcoming 2012 election. Using Census Bureau data from prior election years and data collected this year we project that Hispanics will be 8.9 percent of the electorate in 2012 — continue reading »
Fed Court Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law, Says Law Restricts the Voting Rights of Minorities
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This week a Federal Court held that Texas had failed to show that its new voter ID law would not impair the voting rights of minorities. The Federal Court denied Texas’s request for judicial preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 1973c) on the grounds that the law was “retrogressive.” continue reading »
More than 8 million Hispanics are Eligible to Vote, But Have Not Registered to Do So
November 5, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Telemundo launched today its multiplatform public service campaign “Vota por tu Futuro” (Vote for Your Future) which aims to boost electoral participation among Hispanics in continue reading »
