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PEW: Record 24 Million Latinos Are Eligible to Vote, But Turnout Rate Has Lagged Whites & Blacks
October 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A record 24 million Latinos are eligible to vote in the 2012 presidential election, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. This is up by more than 4 million, or 22%, since 2008, when 19.5 million Latinos were eligible to vote. continue reading »
Poll: Latino Voters Put Children’s Issues First
September 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three-fourths of Latinos likely to vote in the upcoming general election say the presidential candidates should increase their focus on children’s issues, according to an analysis of a new poll. The poll also found 75 percent of Latino voters will consider a candidate’s position on federal budget issues affecting children when casting their November ballots. 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 »
Voting Rights Victory: California Legislature Approves Election Day Registration
August 26, 2012 | by ThinkProgress | Latino Daily News
As voter suppression laws spread across the country, voting rights advocates can take heart: the biggest state in the nation is on the cusp of passing a major voter protection initiative. continue reading »
Latino Vote: USHCC Launches Initiative to Track Spanish Political-Ad Spending
August 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) announced a new initiative to track and analyze Spanish-language political ad spending in 10 top target states leading up to the November elections. continue reading »
LATINO VOTE: Pennsylvania Judge Refuses to Halt Voter ID Law
August 16, 2012 | by Jim Malewitz for Pew Stateline | Latino Daily News
A Pennsylvania judge has refused to block the state’s furiously debated voter identification law, smoothing the way for its use during the November election. continue reading »
Latino Mayors Will be Key Part of Democratic National Convention
August 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
First came news in February that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was chosen to lead the Democratic National Convention (DNC) now San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro has been selected to give a keynote speech at the DNC. continue reading »
Voto Latino Teams Up with Latino Fraternities to Register New Voters
July 20, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Voto Latino is unveiling RepUrLetters.org to launch a contest to engage Latino Greek life in Voto Latino’s civic engagement efforts across the country. continue reading »
Gallop Poll- 50% Of US Hispanics Identify as Independent Voters
July 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
A majority of U.S. Hispanics identify as political independents (51%) rather than as Democrats (32%) or Republicans (11%). However, once their partisan leanings are taken into account, most Hispanics affiliate with the Democratic continue reading »
DREAM Act Alive – Obama to Stop Deporting Undocumented Youth
June 15, 2012 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Por Que
A major immigration policy announcement has come out of the Department of Homeland Security and will shortly be confirmed by the White House – deportation of DREAM-Act eligible youth will cease. continue reading »
Unregistered Latinos and Eligible-to-Naturalize Green Card Holders Could Swing Elections
June 13, 2012 | by american progress | HS News Network
Infographic: Top 10 States with High Concentrations of Potential Voters. In some key battleground states, the number of eligible but unregistered Latino voters runs into the hundreds of thousands or even millions. continue reading »
Rush Limbaugh Goes “ Off The Rails ” About Race (VIDEO)
May 26, 2012 | by americas voice online | Latino Daily News
While many are welcoming the recent news that minority babies are, for the first time, constituting a majority of the nation’s newborns—a rather predictable segment of America is not so receptive to the change. continue reading »
America Ferrera Launching “America4America” Campaign for Voto Latino
May 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Voto Latino, is announcing the launch of the “America4America” on Thursday May 31st, spearheaded by America Ferrera. continue reading »
Measuring the Latino Vote State by State
April 7, 2012 | by My Cuentame | Latino Daily News
There's been a lot of buzz about the latino voter influence in the november elections. Yet it's hard to really tell how much influence it will have. Latino voter registrations are super low and disillusionment pretty high. A group of political scientist have taken all of this and more into account and may have come up with a formula to to measure the latino influence. continue reading »
Latino Vote to be Important in Election and ‘Extremely Influential’ in Certain Key States
April 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hispanics once again will be a key swing vote in the presidential election in states like Florida, but they also could sway the outcome in places with small Latino communities such as Virginia, according to a study presented Thursday by immigrant advocacy group America's Voice. continue reading »
There are 4 Fundamental Topics that Interest Latinos: Immigration, Education, Health and Jobs
March 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Understanding the six segments within the vast Hispanic population in the U.S. can be crucial in marketing and advertising, but can also help create a clearer picture of who may ultimately swing the vote in November. continue reading »
Immigration Isn’t Everything: The Latino Vote Will Not Be Blindly Cast
March 20, 2012 | by New America Media | HS News Network
As Latinos are projected to make up nearly nine percent of the electorate in November--a 26 percent increase over the 2008 figure, according to NALEO--the buzz around the power of the Latino vote is warranted. continue reading »
Romney Ads Attack Santorum for His Supporting Vote for Justice Sotomayor in 1998
March 8, 2012 | by Voxxi | Latino Daily News
In a seemingly unwise move for someone trying to attract Latino voters, Mitt Romney’s campaign has been airing ads attacking fellow Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum for confirming Sonia Sotomayor’s 19 continue reading »
