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El miedo, el idioma y el dinero son las tres principales barreras que impiden a los inmigrantes obtener sus documentos para tramitar su ciudadanía en el Norte de California
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GOP names new Latino engagement staffers ahead of midterm election in 2014.
October 7, 2013 | Fox News Latino
They are the four Hispanics who are mayor and council members of a New Jersey town where whites make up the single largest group, followed by Korean-Americans.
October 7, 2013 | VOXXI
October 3, 2013 | CNN
A new survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 56% of registered Hispanic voters identified with Democrats, 19% identified with Republicans, and 19% with Independents.
October 2, 2013 | NY 1
With the growing Latino population on Staten Island, many voters in the community are watching the mayoral race closely.
October 1, 2013 | ABC News
The Texas vote is changing. And maybe the most critical part of that change is the ballots cast by Hispanics.
October 1, 2013 | LATINA
Mitt Romney doesn't believe it was his stance on immigration that made him lose the Latino vote.
September 27, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
A significant majority of Latino voters list immigration overhaul as a crucial issue
September 24, 2013 | NBC Latino
National Voter Registration Day falls on every third Tuesday of September, and today marks the second annual one-day effort to register voters.
September 13, 2013 | Fox News Latino
Hispanics are now the nation’s largest minority – 21 million of the ethnic community’s population of roughly 53 million are registered voters.
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July 21, 2012 | U.S. & World News Report
The race to the White House is now available in Spanish, and it's no surprise.
July 20, 2012 | Fox News Latino
With Latinos projected to be nearly a third of the U.S. population by 2050, the campaigns of Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have gained a Spanish accent.
July 16, 2012 | Sacramento Bee
Ever since the latest census confirmed that Latinos are the largest ethnic group in the country, I've been thinking about Spiderman's motto: "With great power comes great responsibility."
July 12, 2012 | Inter Press Service
As the Latino population in the United States rises, the demographic shift will affect future as well as current voting habits, and therefore election outcomes, in the United States, according to several experts.
July 11, 2012 | Examiner
Latino voters will be extremely important to the upcoming presidential election.
July 11, 2012 | National Journal
As the 2012 presidential election approaches, no ethnic group is more coveted than Latinos. But the real press for this potential political force will likely take place in the next decade.
May 21, 2012 | Journal Sentinel
President Barack Obama will address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) at the group's 29th annual conference, Friday, June 22 in Orlando, Fla. More than 1,000 Latino public officials who work at all levels of government will attend the conference for discussions on education, health, financil empowerment, broadband adoption.
May 10, 2012 | ACLU
[V]oter suppression laws in effect in states across the country will impact the election, unless we do something about it. For example, last May, Florida put new restrictions on third-party voter registration, making it difficult for any non-profit third party to register voters without facing a hefty penalty for a minor error. Because of the Florida law, many of the organizations and individuals that once traveled into predominantly lower-income African American and Latino neighborhoods to register voters are no longer able to.
May 8, 2012 | Hispanically Speaking News
To mark today’s Republican primaries, the Hispanic Leadership Network released “Top 10 Facts about Hispanics in Indiana, North Carolina, and West Virginia.”
May 8, 2012 | ClickZ
Last week I was part of a very dynamic Twitter party around the Latino vote. Ran by the Latism organization under the #liberatuvoz ("free your voice") hashtag. The event was part of an initiative to increase Latinos' participation in the upcoming presidential election. The media has been extensively covering the importance that Latinos will play in deciding the next election. Organizations like Latism and the Ya Es Hora ("it's about time") coalition are helping empower Latinos to play a more active role and vote. Latinos might play a critical role in choosing the new American president, but in order for that to happen, there's still a long way to go to increase civic engagement and participation.
May 2, 2012 | ABC Online
When it comes to winning US presidential elections, Florida is traditionally a crucial swing state. The 2012 contest is shaping up to be no different. The key to winning the state is the Hispanic vote, and both president Barack Obama and the Republicans are focusing a lot of time and money on wooing Latinos.
April 19, 2012 | Cronkite News
As an undocumented immigrant, Queen Creek resident Erick Garcia can’t vote. But that doesn’t mean he can’t have a voice.
April 18, 2012 | PBS NEWSHOUR
President Obama and Mitt Romney are battling for support from voters in the nation's fastest-growing demographic: Latinos, who account for more than 16 percent of the population.
April 17, 2012 | Cronkite News
WASHINGTON – A divided federal appeals court Tuesday overturned part of a voter-approved Arizona law that requires proof of citizenship for voter registration, saying it conflicts with federal law.
April 17, 2012 | Huffington Post
Voto Latino, an organization dedicated to empowering U.S. Latino youth to organize around the vote, held its first annual conference this weekend in Los Angeles.
April 16, 2012 | AlterNet
The Latino vote is widely discussed at election time, yet little analysis is dedicated to the “immigrant vote,” and even less to the growing bloc of voters who are the U.S.-born children of immigrants.
April 16, 2012 | TIME
The Latino vote will matter in the 2012 election. So say Republicans and Democrats, and even the cover of TIME magazine.
April 10, 2012
According to NALEO, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, Latina women wield extraordinary power in getting their family members to vote.
April 7, 2012 | Hispanically Speaking 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. Read the poll report and projections here: Projecting Latino Electoral Influence in 2012.
April 6, 2012 | Hispanically Speaking 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.
April 5, 2012 | NBC Latino
We have all been hearing for some time now how "critical" the Latino vote will be in November. A group of Latino political scientists say they have developed a way to show - and forecast - how Latinos might or might not tip the election in some competitive states this year.
April 5, 2012 | TMP
The Republican Party has a Latino problem. Polls make it clear that months of bitter presidential primary fights over immigration — and a string of immigrant-crackdown legislation from Republican-controlled legislatures — have left the GOP out in the cold when it comes to the growing Latino electorate. Not all Republicans are pessimistic, however: Republican superstar Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has made a habit of trying to convince the GOP it’s time to Etch-A-Sketch away its recent rhetoric on immigration and get back to persuading Latinos to vote Republican. To that end, Rubio’s leading the charge for a Republican-friendly version of the DREAM Act.
April 5, 2012 | National Journal
Even as the Hispanic population has boomed, the rate of Hispanic voter-participation has not kept pace. The Census Bureau estimates there are 31.8 million Hispanics over 18 years old in the U.S., 21.3 million of whom are citizens. Hispanic population grew by 15.2 million over the last decade, accounting for more than half the nation's total population growth during those 10 years, the Census Bureau reported. But only 10.9 million -- a paltry 51.6 percent -- are registered to vote.
April 3, 2012 | Arizona Public Media
Latinos now make up 30 percent of the state’s total population, and they are nearing majorities in the cities of Phoenix and Tucson. Eventually, Arizona overall will be majority Latino. The growth is showing up in many ways in our state, including political involvement.
April 3, 2012 | Center for American Progress
In advance of Maryland’s Republican primary tomorrow, here are 10 important facts about Latinos and immigrants in the state. These facts display the economic, cultural, and electoral power of Latinos in Maryland.
March 20, 2012 | Colorado Independent
In Colorado and a handful of other swing states, the Hispanic vote is expected to be a key factor in this year’s presidential election
March 19, 2012 | The Republic
An estimated 12.2 million Latino voters across the country will vote in this year's presidential election.
February 27, 2012 | Politic 365
ime Magazine caused a commotion this month with a bilingual cover that features the phrases “Yo decido,” and in English, “I decide,” alongside the bold proclamation, “Why Latinos will pick the next President.”
February 27, 2012 | CNN
Hispanic voters won't decide Tuesday's primaries in Arizona and Michigan, because few are registered as Republicans in those states; but it will be an entirely different story during the November presidential elections.
February 27, 2012 | Campaigns & Elections
How on earth am I going to park the Party of Lincoln in the White House without winning 40 percent or more of the Latino vote?
February 26, 2012 | Las Vegas Sun
On Friday, UNLV will play host to the Hispanic Voices Town Hall, one in a series of community forums around the country organized by author and consultant Glenn Llopis and his organization, 2012 Hispanic Voice.
February 25, 2012 | Las Vegas Sun
One of the latest efforts to engage Hispanics in public affairs is the national Hispanic Voices Town Hall tour.
February 24, 2012 | Huffington Post
TIME Magazine is making a bold claim: The Latino vote will decide the 2012 elections.
In order to win over the most conservative, extremist voters in the Arizona Republican primary (which will be held Tuesday, February 28th), presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the state's immigration policy a "model" for others to follow.
February 24, 2012 | Center for American Progress
In advance of Arizona’s Republican caucus on February 28, we have compiled a list of important facts about Latinos and immigrants in the state.
February 23, 2012 | CNN
Obama comes into the election with 196 electoral votes from safe Democratic states.
February 20, 2012 | Huffington Post
With all the attention being placed on the Latino vote, possible Hispanic vice-president candidates, and the support of influential Latino leaders in the 2012 election cycle, we have to ask, is 2012 paving the way towards the first Latino president?
February 14, 2012 | Huffington Post
They may be undocumented, naturalized, or first- second- or third-generation citizens, but if one thing unites many Hispanics in Colorado it's their discontent with the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming out of the Republican primary.
February 13, 2012 | Houston Chronicle
President Barack Obama is aggressively courting Latinos.
February 10, 2012 | Las Vegas Sun
The number of Hispanics who will head to voter booths in November is projected to increase by 26 percent over 2008, a national Latino interest group announced Wednesday.
February 10, 2012 | Huffington Post
The key for political parties is registering Hispanics to vote.
February 9, 2012 | Fox News Latino
Around 12.2 million Hispanics will head to voting booths around the United States this November to elect the country's next president, according to one Latino interest group.
February 8, 2012 | San Francisco Chronicle
A national group of Latino public officeholders is projecting that 12.2 million Hispanics will vote in the general election this November.
February 5, 2012 | Politico
Now that the Florida primary is well behind, it is important to take a longer look at the battle for the Latino vote in the general election.
February 5, 2012 | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hispanics haven't always felt welcome in the Republican Party, which has generally taken a tough stance against illegal immigration and pushed for enforcing current laws rather than comprehensive reform.
February 4, 2012 | Fox News Latino
GOP Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney cruised to a commanding win during the Nevada caucus on Saturday night.
January 30, 2012 | Washington Post
All eyes are on Florida’s primary Tuesday because it’s the first election in which Latino voters can have a significant impact on the 2012 presidential contest. Expect it to offer meaningful predictions for future elections because the Latino vote in Florida is evolving quickly.
January 30, 2012 | ABC News
On a hot and humid January day here, in a city that feels a million miles away from Des Moines or Manchester, Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, for the first time in the campaign, spent much of their day on the trail trying to woo Latino voters.
January 23, 2012 | Fox News Latino
After losing the South Carolina primary by a wide margin, Mitt Romney finds himself in desperate need of Latino votes in the looming Florida primary.
January 17, 2012 | New York Times
Although everyone is talking about the presidential election this year, I am much more excited about the role of immigrants in the politics of 2012.
January 15, 2012 | Washington Post
The Republican Party is beefing up its minority outreach nationwide and preparing to put its rising Latino stars on the campaign trail amid concerns that tough immigration rhetoric in the presidential primary is taking on an increasingly anti-Hispanic tone.
January 13, 2012 | ABC News
But politicos courting the Sunshine State be warned: Latino voters in Florida are unlike those in the rest of the country.
January 13, 2012 | Boston Globe
Mitt Romney, like his GOP presidential rivals, is also counting on the immigration rhetoric being overshadowed by the dominant driving issue in Hispanic communities: the need for more jobs.
January 12, 2012 | The Nation
The problem is, the issues that keep Latinos up at night—like double-digit unemployment rates, living at the poverty end of the wealth gap and having the highest high school dropout rates in the country—go well beyond immigration.
December 26, 2011 | Fox News Latino
The Hispanic vote represented a mere 9 percent of all ballots cast in the 2008 presidential election, but the peculiarities of the United States electoral system makes the presence of those votes in certain states crucial for the national result.
December 14, 2011 | Huffington Post
The GOP will have a tough time wooing the Latino vote in 2012, according to a new poll by Latino Decisions/ImpreMedia.
November 21, 2011 | Talking Points Memo
President Obama’s relationship with Hispanic advocacy groups and lawmakers hasn’t always been perfect. But with the election a year off, he’s starting to put up some strong polling numbers among Latino voters.
November 17, 2011 | Huffington Post
The federal election season is already in full swing and politicians from both major parties are asking themselves how to garner the Latino vote by next November.
November 17, 2011 | National Journal
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will cohair a Hispanic Leadership Network conference on Jan. 26-27 in Miami, right before the Jan. 31 presidential primary.
November 17, 2011 | Campaigns & Elections
The No.1 issue that Hispanic voters care about is education.
October 16, 2011 | Miami Herald
Barack Obama won two-thirds of the Hispanic vote in 2008 but has seen his standing drop signficantly among this key voting bloc.
October 14, 2011 | Huffington Post
This makes Tuesday's Republican candidate debate a potential opportunity for the party to share on its position and action plans to earn the trust of America's fastest growing population group: Latinos.
October 14, 2011 | CNN
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population in Nevada grew 35% in the last decade, and of the state's 2.7 million residents, 26% are Hispanic. The growth in the number of Hispanic residents has quickly translated into political power.
October 13, 2011 | Hispanically Speaking News
The Census Bureau today released a list of 248 political jurisdictions that will be required to provide language assistance for language-minority U.S. citizens participating in the electoral process.
October 12, 2011 | Fox News Latino
A smaller number of states and counties will be offering bilingual ballots in the 2012 election - but that's because there are a fewer number of non-English speaking minorities, Census numbers show.
October 12, 2011 | National Journal
October 12, 2011 | NPR
Over the past decade, the story of population growth in the United States was defined largely by the story of Latinos emerging as the nation's largest minority.
October 11, 2011 | The Daily Beast
At a recent breakfast in New Hampshire, David Axelrod, the brainy strategist for President Obama’s 2012 campaign, didn’t sugarcoat the “titanic struggle” it will take to get Obama reelected.
October 9, 2011 | Fox Charlotte
New Census data indicates Latinos could play a critical role in the 2012 elections.
September 30, 2011 | U.S. and World News Report
No campaign should take anyone's vote for granted.
September 30, 2011 | Huffington Post
Judging from current numbers, Obama is developing a bit of a Latino problem.
A new wave of survey research is providing valuable insight into the political climate and the prospects for President Obama holding onto his job in next year's election.
September 29, 2011 | USA Today
The Census Bureau has released new data providing more evidence that the Hispanic vote could be critical in the 2012 elections.
September 28, 2011 | National Journal
President Obama, seeking to shore up support among a key constituency that wants to see him work more to keep his 2008 promises, staunchly defended his record on Latino issues on Wednesday, insisting that “it is just not true” that he can somehow bypass the Congress to push the Hispanic agenda.
September 28, 2011 | CBN
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is defending his record on immigration.
September 28, 2011 | Public Radio International
Latino voters were a large reason why Barack Obama was able to win the 2008 election so overwhelmingly.
September 27, 2011 | Las Vegas Review-Journal
Taking no chances, the Democratic National Committee launched Spanish-language TV ads last week in Las Vegas, Denver, Tampa, Fla., and Miami to support Obama's new jobs plan.
September 25, 2011 | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The GOP in California faces increasing electoral challenge as the numbers of Democratic-leaning Latino voters continue to grow.
September 21, 2011 | New York Times
Latino support was crucial to Obama's victory in 2008 and will be important to his re-election bid.
September 19, 2011 | CNN
The Democratic National Committee is reaching out to Spanish-language voters as part of its push to sell President Barack Obama's jobs plan.
September 19, 2011 | Fox News Latino
Democrats are criticizing new voting rules put in place by their GOP counterparts ahead of the 2012 presidential election.
While 68 percent of Latinos in 2008 supported Obama due to his promises to bring "hope" and "change," three years later just 48 percent approve of his job performance.
September 18, 2011 | Washington Post
In recent Gallup polling, Obama's approval rating among Latinos dipped to 48 percent.
September 16, 2011 | Huffington Post
This month is meant to recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the U.S. and celebrate Latino cultural heritage. Learn a little bit about Latinos through these statistical indicators provided by Census.gov.
September 16, 2011 | U.S. News & World Report
According to the poll, among Latinos Obama is now below 50 percent "on two key presidential measures in Florida," a state he must carry in 2012 in order to win re-election.
September 16, 2011 | CNN
Experts say appealing to the fastest-growing ethnic group in the country is crucial the year before presidential elections.
September 15, 2011 | CNN
Regardless of their backgrounds or biographies or biases, Hispanics want what the rest of their countrymen want: The chance to work for a brighter tomorrow, the right blend of rights and responsibilities and the respect that comes from being seen as individuals and not just part of a group.
September 8, 2011 | The Hill
President Obama's job approval rating from Hispanics has slipped below 50 percent for the first time, according to Gallup's latest poll, an ominous sign for the president as he heads into campaign season.
September 6, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
Behind the scenes, strategists for President Obama and his major Republican opponents are already focused like a laser on the Electoral College.
September 3, 2011 | Sunshine State News
Looking to score points with Hispanics and slipping behind Gov. Rick Perry of Texas in the polls, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts hit Tampa on Friday, as he continued his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
September 1, 2011 | ABC News
As presidential candidates compile their campaign schedules, they might want to consult the latest census data. A report out this week shows that 22 of the country's 100 largest cities are now majority minority cities.
August 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Add the competition for Latino votes to the swiftly escalating battle between Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.
August 30, 2011 | Huffington Post
In the state of New York, Dominicans have consolidated to become one of the major Latino communities with greater political representation, coming in second only to Puerto Ricans.
August 25, 2011 | Politico
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign on Thursday announced "Project Vote," a campaign-within-a-campaign that is aimed at increasing registration and participation among Democratic base constituencies — including young voters, seniors, African Americans and Hispanics, plus Native Americans and gay and lesbian voters.
August 24, 2011 | TIME
To understand Perry’s relationship with Latinos, it helps to consider the state he’s governed for the last decade.
August 23, 2011 | DC Examiner
While President Obama can no doubt leverage election knowledge from Harry Reid regarding the 2010 Nevada Senatorial race, he must also tap the services of other key people in his quest to secure the Latino vote in 2012.
August 22, 2011 | Digital Journal
impreMedia, the leading Hispanic news and information company, announced today the results of an ongoing tracking poll on electoral issues conducted in conjunction with Latino Decisions.
August 22, 2011 | Santa Ana Examiner
Latino voter turnout has gradually gone on the upswing in the past decade-and-a-half as a result of a gradual increase in their overall population.
August 19, 2011 | National Journal
Since Gov. Rick Perry burst into the Republican primary less than a week ago, his shortcomings as a potential general-election candidate have been closely scrutinized.
August 17, 2011 | Fox News Latino
After a huge GOP media blitz aimed at Hispanic voters, one Republican presidential contender is officially going after the Latino vote in the 2012 race.
August 17, 2011 | Huffington Post
As the latest U.S. Census has shown, there is a new group of voters in America - a sector of the electorate that has been punching below its weight for decades.
August 16, 2011 | 89.3 KPCC
The Latino Decisions polling firm conducted a survey along with Spanish-language media publisher impreMedia with this conclusion as its title: “It’s True: Latinos are Liberals, and Other Important Matters.”
August 15, 2011 | Huffington Post
The presidential season is just underway and we're already starting to hear a lot about the Latino vote.
August 15, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Twelve states constitute the likely battlegrounds for the 2012 election, based on Gallup’s state-by-state ratings of President Obama’s approval level.
August 14, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
The presidential election is 15 months away, but Republicans and Democrats already are going after the Hispanic vote with a zeal usually reserved for the final stretch.
August 14, 2011 | Miami Herald
How will any of the current Republican hopefuls win a sizable part of the Hispanic vote?
August 14, 2011 | Huffington Post
Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced his candidacy for president of the United States, officially entering the race for the 2012 Republican nomination.
August 12, 2011 | Huffington Post
For years, Latinos have overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidates. In 2004, President Bush won 44 percent of the Hispanic vote, more than any Republican presidential nominee before, but whatever gains the Republicans made appeared to dissipate in 2008.
August 3, 2011 | Fox News Latino
This is hardly the first time the Republicans and Democrats have said that it is important to them to reach Hispanic voters. But experts say this time, they might really mean it.
August 1, 2011 | The Hill
No one knows exactly how the battle for the Hispanic vote will unfold during this campaign.
July 30, 2011 | Pajamas Media
The contest between the political parties for the Latino vote in the 2012 election is now well underway.
July 29, 2011 | Sacramento Bee
As expected, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to move California's presidential primary next year back to June.
July 28, 2011 | WTSP News
The 2012 presidential election is still more than a year away, but the campaigning has begun and both parties say they'll aggressively be going after the Hispanic vote, particularly in Florida.
July 27, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
Central Florida's growth means greater congressional clout next year, and Hispanic and black leaders told lawmakers Wednesday they expect the region to be rewarded with at least one new U.S. House district likely to elect a minority candidate.
July 27, 2011 | Huffington Post
The president knows that the he cannot win without Hispanics coming out big for him.
July 26, 2011 | Fox News
President Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization in a visit Monday that underscored the growing importance of a voting demographic that at one time felt ignored.
July 26, 2011 | New America Media
President Barack Obama’s renewed commitment to immigration reform during a keynote address at the National Council of La Raza Convention (NCLR) rang hollow for Latino voters.
July 26, 2011 | Washington Examiner
President Obama courted an influential Hispanic group Monday, seeking to improve relations with a crucial voting bloc that has become increasingly disillusioned by unfulfilled campaign promises amid a record number of deportations.
July 25, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
As minorities are claiming a bigger share of the population nationwide, they are also seeking greater voting power in Congress by pushing to redraw legislative maps.
July 25, 2011 | NPR
With the 2012 sweepstakes for Hispanic votes under way, President Obama and the Democrats tout a decided advantage. But as more Latino Republicans run for state and local offices — and win — they could persuade Hispanic voters to reconsider their party loyalty.
July 25, 2011 | ABC News
President Obama will take a break from the ongoing deficit negotiations today to focus on the Hispanic community when he addresses the National Council of La Raza.
July 22, 2011 | KPBS
Democrats released an ad targeting Latinos in swing districts, including Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Denver, on Friday.
July 19, 2011 | Politico
The purpose of this Hispanic Policy Conference, according to White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz, was “more for us to listen and not for us to talk.”
July 18, 2011 | Gazette Extra
One of the most interesting things about studying a rapidly maturing community is watching its members shake off stereotypes and go their own way. Some Latino voters are doing just that.
July 12, 2011 | NPR
The Tequila Party will focus on registering as many of the nation's 21 million voting-age Latinos as it can, targeting young voters in presidential battleground states.
July 11, 2011 | Guardian
Florida's diverse demographics make it not only a swing state in the presidential election but a bellwether for the GOP's primaries
July 8, 2011 | Miami Herald
A series of laws and proposals popping up across the country this year to strengthen voter identification requirements is part of an effort to discourage voting by students, who turned out in large numbers for Barack Obama in 2008
July 6, 2011 | NY Daily News
Considering Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the electorate and new data show nearly 7 million voted nationwide in the 2010 elections, why would both parties have any reservations on engaging them in a dialogue?
July 5, 2011 | Miami New Times
Democrats in Florida have a huge registered voter advantage over Republicans, but you couldn't tell that by looking at the leadership in Tallahassee and the Republican super majorities in both house of the state legislature.
July 5, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
There's a long way to go before next year's presidential election, but it's already possible to frame the decisive question.
July 4, 2011 | Houston Chronicle
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the rising Democratic star whose White House potential is already the stuff of political forecasting, co-headlined a recent gathering of Hispanic leaders.
July 4, 2011 | Bloomberg
Bush arguably did more than any Republican in his lifetime to scrub the taint of racial politics from the party’s brand. What’s more, his efforts were gaining supporters.
July 1, 2011 | Univision
This will be a special Fourth of July. In 2011, the United States will celebrate the 235th anniversary of its founding, and for the first time, Americans of Hispanic descent will join in the celebration as the nation’s second largest population group.
June 30, 2011 | CNN
Armed with fresh census data, Latinos around the country are flexing their political muscle.
June 28, 2011 | NBC
Miami-Dade’s voters head to the polls Tuesday to elect the next mayor, putting an end to the three-month process of seating the county’s new top politico.
June 28, 2011 | MSNBC
On Tuesday the Ohio Senate might vote on a bill to require voters to show a form of photo identification when they go to the polls.
June 27, 2011 | Winnipeg Free Press
United States President Barack Obama recognizes that he needs the Latino vote to win in 2012.
June 27, 2011 | Forbes
There is one critical question that remains unasked, let alone unanswered: Who really owns the Hispanic vote?
June 24, 2011 | Fox News Latino
Latinos will break participation records in next year's presidential election.
June 24, 2011 | The Hill
The Latino community, like other voters, is waiting to hear from candidates on how they will address the critical issues that our country faces.
June 23, 2011 | Chicago Tribune
Latino voters are predicted to cast a record 12.2 million ballots nationwide in the 2012 presidential election, including more than 400,000 in Illinois.
June 23, 2011 | Miami Herald
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican who is nearing a decision on a presidential run, drew a tepid response Thursday as he reached out to Hispanics at a national gathering of Latino officials.
June 22, 2011 | Huffington Post
With a 43% growth in the Hispanic population since 2000, it is widely acknowledged that the Hispanic vote will be crucial to win the White House.
June 20, 2011 | Sunshine News
Some political observers are calculating that as the Hispanic vote goes, so goes Florida; and as Florida goes, so goes the 2012 presidential election.
June 19, 2011 | WWLTV
The GOP is gearing up for the 2012 election, and party members are also looking for ways to garner support from a growing population.
June 17, 2011 | Sun-Sentinel
The Hispanic population has soared to almost one in four residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties, but the burgeoning numbers have produced few elected leaders.
June 15, 2011 | USA Today
Even though it's early in the Republican primary process, this is when Hispanic outreach needs to start, Republican consultants said.
June 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
President Obama on Tuesday became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Puerto Rico in a half-century, lauding the contributions residents have made in writing "the American story."
June 13, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
300,000 in Orlando area may be potent force in 2012 elections
June 13, 2011 | AM New York
Critics sniff that President Barack Obama’s whirlwind visit to Puerto Rico today is shameless pandering to Puerto Ricans and other Latino voters for the 2012 elections.
June 13, 2011 | Latin American Herald Tribune
Most Latino voters in the United States consider immigration reform, the economy and jobs to be their community’s priorities in the 2012 general elections
June 13, 2011 | USA Today
In theory, there isn't anything wrong with requiring photo IDs to vote, just as they are required to drive, board a plane or cash a check.
June 12, 2011 | POLITICO
President Obama embarks on a quest to focus on Hispanics, which will be central to his reelection bid.
June 11, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Early this year, Brian Sandoval and Susana Martinez made history. He became Nevada's first Latino governor. In New Mexico, she became the country's first Latina governor.
June 9, 2011 | Bloomberg
The third-largest U.S. city lost 17 percent of its black population -- 181,000 people -- in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau. In their place, Hispanics gained 25,000, or 3.3 percent.
June 9, 2011 | U.S. News & World Report
With a booming population, Hispanics' voices will be louder than ever in 2012.
June 9, 2011 | Monterey County Weekly
Monterey County’s Latino base is at its strongest in Salinas and the South County.
June 9, 2011 | UPI
Three in four Americans support requiring voters to show photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballots, a Rasmussen Reports poll indicated.
June 9, 2011 | Human Events
The Rasmussen polling organization just released the results of a survey that showed 75% of likely American voters believe photo identification, such as a driver’s license, should be required before a citizen is allowed to vote.
June 8, 2011 | TIME
Latinos are rapidly redrawing the demographic playing field.
June 6, 2011 | Amarillo
The next great presidential election battle could turn on a simple and reasonable concept: Voters should be required to present valid identification before casting a ballot.
June 6, 2011 | The Washington Times
With just more than 500 days to go until Election Day 2012, the pundits and poll watchers are beginning to calculate which states will be crucial this time around.
June 5, 2011 | POLITICO
Across the country, state legislatures are embroiled in partisan battles over election-law changes that, by design or effect, could play a significant role in determining the outcome of the presidency.
June 3, 2011 | Washington Post
Hector Balderas surprised some people last year when he said he wasn’t interested in running for the U.S. House.
June 2, 2011 | The Chronicle Herald
Among the most profound was the data released last week that shows the country’s Hispanic population ballooning at a pace even greater than predicted.
June 1, 2011 | Mercury News
Californians would be able to register and vote on the same day at county election offices under a bill passed by the state Senate.
May 31, 2011 | CNN
By now, people in the United States and elsewhere in the world are familiar with the Tea Party, but there's a new social movement on the political block -- it's called the "Tequila Party."
May 31, 2011 | Huffington Post
On May 26, the Census released what an official at the bureau described as "the latest, most up to date data on the Hispanic population in the United States."
May 31, 2011 | San Francisco Chronicle
A bill that would allow for online voter registration as soon as 2012 is making its way through the state Senate.
May 28, 2011 | The Bakersfield Californian
Two voter-passed reform measures are expected to shake the political ground under California.
May 27, 2011 | Bloomberg
Texas joined South Carolina and Wisconsin in passing a bill to curb vote fraud by demanding photo identification before letting someone cast a ballot.
May 27, 2011 | Reuters
Texas Governor Rick Perry on Friday ceremonially signed a bill making Texas the twelfth state to require photo identification from voters.
May 26, 2011 | The Denver Post
As the race for Denver mayor enters its final days, both candidates are increasingly focused on the Latino vote and immigration issues.
May 25, 2011 | CS Monitor
Through rallies and concerts, the tequila party wants to mobilize Latinos to vote in record-breaking numbers in the 2012 election. A kickoff event will be held in Tucson, Ariz., on June 4.
May 25, 2011 | The Miami Herald
Hialeah businessman Jose Oliva beat two other Republicans to fill a vacant seat in the Florida House in Tuesday’s special election.
The race to be the next Miami-Dade County mayor is down to two, after voters threw their support behind former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and former County Commissioner Carlos Gimenez.
May 25, 2011 | La Voz Colorado
Voting and helping others come to the polls is the most important activity of the moment.
May 24, 2011 | Miami Herald
The election for the next county mayor got off to a sluggish start Tuesday.
May 21, 2011 | Denver Post
Denver mayoral candidate Chris Romer has printed yard signs that include the name of his one-time rival and now supporter, James Mejia.
May 19, 2011 | Houston Chronicle
Houston City Council approved a new map for the city that expands the council by two seats and gives Houston's Latino population its best opportunity to capture a third seat in November elections.
May 19, 2011 | Third Coast Digest
The Wisconsin State Senate has passed AB-7, the Voter ID bill, and Gov. Scott Walker will sign the legislation next Wednesday.
May 18, 2011 | Avalanche-Journal
The passage of the hot-button voter identification legislation in the Texas House on Monday stirred up strong feelings.
May 17, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
The runoff for the Los Angeles Board of Education seat is between Bennett Kayser, a retired teacher, and Luis Sanchez, the current chief of staff to the board president.
May 17, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
This picture of a big and growing Hispanic population is friendly to Democrats yet still a sleeping giant in electoral terms.
May 17, 2011 | The Hill
Electorally, Latinos are bound to shape future contests.
May 17, 2011 | USA Today
Voters in Southern California will go to the polls today to pick a new member of Congress to replace Democrat Jane Harman, who resigned to run a think tank.
May 17, 2011 | The Mercury
Today you can vote for candidates to serve on those school boards. Although this election is a primary in Pennsylvania, many school board seats and judges will be decided today.
May 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
In a city that is about two-thirds Latino, not one elected official is.
May 16, 2011 | My San Antonio
District 1 voters have yet to decide who ultimately will represent them on the City Council, but the tradition of electing Hispanic council members will remain unbroken.
May 14, 2011 | New York Times
Latinos and Asians in San Mateo county make up half of the county’s population, yet they rarely hold high-ranking elected offices.
May 10, 2011 | New York Times
President Obama promised Latino voters that he would aggressively push for passage of a comprehensive immigration bill during his first year in office.
May 10, 2011 | MSNBC
Obama has little chance of winning Texas in 2012, but he’ll be speaking to a much wider audience of Latinos outside of that state: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, and elsewhere.
May 10, 2011 | People's World
A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center reported that a million more Latinos voted in 2010 than did so in the 2006 midterm election.
May 9, 2011 | The Hill
There’s no question the president’s decision to reignite the immigration reform debate carries significant political risks for both parties heading into the 2012 elections.
May 9, 2011 | Las Vegas Sun
Which is a better bet for Nevada Hispanics who want to turn their growing numbers into political influence: seize control of a district? Or to spread their numbers across multiple districts?
May 8, 2011 | Wisconsin State Journal
This week the state Legislature will debate a controversial measure requiring voters to show a photo identification before they can cast a ballot.
May 5, 2011 | Miami Herald
After dueling allegations that it was either a "protection against voting fraud" or a "disenfranchisement act," Florida lawmakers approved a 157-page overhaul of the state's elections code.
May 5, 2011 | Star Tribune
GOP legislators here and around the country are making a concerted push to require voters to present a government-issued photo ID card at the polls before registering to vote or receiving a ballot.
May 4, 2011 | Associated Press
For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up a majority of the voting-age population.
May 4, 2011 | ABC KVUE
Early voting in the municipal election is underway. Voter turnout in city elections is often low, but in the Latino community, officials say it is even lower.
May 4, 2011 | California Watch
Between 2000 and 2009, recounts in state elections were extremely uncommon and rarely resulted in reversals when they did happen.
May 3, 2011 | Union-Tribune
San Diego County voters will still have the option of casting their ballots in person for president, lawmakers, supervisors and mayors in 2012.
May 3, 2011 | Central Valley Business Times
Californians are a bit closer to being able to register to vote online, rather than fill out a paper form.
May 3, 2011 | North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Nominally 65-70 percent of Latino voters call themselves Democrats but only 38 percent say the Democratic Party welcomes them.
May 3, 2011 | Fox News Latino
Obama said Monday that it wants to begin talks with the Latino community about the part this growing minority will play in the future prosperity of the United States.
May 3, 2011 | Texas Observer
For at least a decade, Texas Democrats have waited for the state's emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power.
May 3, 2011 | ABC WQOW News
In Madison on Tuesday, an assembly committee approved a bill that would require state voters to show a photo ID at the polls.
May 2, 2011 | Digital Journal
Senior Presidential Advisor David Axelrod spoke to the "signals" Hispanic voters have received.
May 2, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
Former staffers for defeated California candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina have an urgent message for fellow Republicans: Their political future depends on Latino voters.
May 2, 2011 | My San Antonio
Latinos largely ignored the midterms — that should raise an alarm.
Obama met last week at the White House with a group of Latino celebrities to rebuild his ties to a fast-growing segment of the electorate heading toward 2012.
May 1, 2011 | Miami Herald
The list of prominent Florida politicians with Spanish surnames is growing, a reflection of the state's expanding Hispanic population.
April 29, 2011 | NewsMax
The White House strategy appears to be to shore up Hispanic support and increase Democratic voters in states that have sizable Hispanic populations.
April 29, 2011 | Fox News Latino
President Barack Obama must take action to push for immigration reform if he wants to keep the Hispanic vote in the 2012 election, Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva said in an interview with Efe.
April 28, 2011 | News 4 Tucson
Governor Jan Brewer has a lot on her plate this week, more than 100 bills to get through over the next few days. One of those bills is SB 1331 and it could prohibit Tucson from having mail ballot elections.
April 28, 2011 | Catholic Online
Latino voters are growing in numbers but still lagging at the polls.
April 27, 2011 | Washington Post
Latinos are growing faster than any other major population group in the United States, but they still aren’t a major factor in U.S. elections - yet.
April 27, 2011 | National Journal
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in the 2010 midterms. That is a record for a midterm election.
April 27, 2011 | Fox News Latino
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in the legislative elections last November, a record Hispanic turnout in a non-presidential election year, according to a new study.
April 26, 2011 | Fox News Latino
Latino groups on Monday presented a proposal for a new map of legislative districts in Illinois that could more than double the presence of Hispanics in the state's General Assembly.
April 26, 2011 | Boston Globe
A Rhode Island Senate committee plans a vote on legislation that would require voters to present identification at polling places.
April 26, 2011 | Pew Hispanic Center
More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in last year's election—a record for a midterm—according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.
April 26, 2011 | Texas Observer
Texas Democrats have waited for the state’s emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power. Hispanics are now 38 percent of Texas’ population and growing.
April 25, 2011 | OPB News
Oregonians not registered have until 11:59 p.m. to do so, or they won’t receive a ballot in the mail.
April 24, 2011 | Ledger-Enquirer
Huge surges among Hispanic populations in the deep South could mean a political sea-change over the next two decades as immigrants become naturalized.
April 24, 2011 | Lawrence Journal-World
Voting rights advocates say that Kansas’ new law that requires a photo ID to cast a ballot is bad enough, but what’s worse is its requirement that to register to vote a person, must prove U.S. citizenship.
April 22, 2011 | Miami Herald
Huge surges among Hispanic populations in the Deep South could mean a political sea change over the next two decades.
April 21, 2011 | Miami Herald
The Florida House passed a overhaul of election laws Thursday that Republicans say will streamline voting machinery and Democrats say will make it harder for people to vote.
April 20, 2011 | Politico
The fight for the GOP presidential nomination looks increasingly like it could be decided by Florida.
April 19, 2011 | John Helton
Democrats think the state's surging Latino population, 37.6% of Texans in the 2010 Census, which voted nearly 2-1 for Obama in 2008, could be the key to victory.
April 19, 2011 | NBC Bay Area
This just in: counter to conventional wisdom Latinos are just as likely to vote as other racial and ethnic groups, and they don't have a deep commitment to either political party.
April 16, 2011 | Daily Record
Latinos make up 69.4 percent of the population in Dover, yet, historically the town has had a low number of Latinos running for public office — a pattern that one political group is actively trying to change.
April 16, 2011 | MassLive
Races for mayor, all 15 City Council seats and eight seats on the School Committee will be on the Nov. 8 election ballot.
April 15, 2011 | Politico
April 15, 2011 | National Journal
As the newly-released 2010 Census figures illustrate, the growth among Latinos across the country is impressive and has made battleground Southwestern states more Democratic in recent years.
April 12, 2011 | Fox News Latino
From the Cuban-Americans in Miami to the Mexican-Americans of California, Hispanics in the United States now number more than 50 million strong.
April 12, 2011 | Latino Decisions
Yesterday, Pilar Marrero of impreMedia reported that Latino voters were “dissatisfied with political parties” and despite majority approval ratings, Latino support for Obama is tepid heading into 2012.
April 11, 2011 | Fox Charlotte
As the Democratic party makes preparations for its 2012 convention here in Charlotte, political strategist are trying to determine what the Hispanic growth over the last ten years will mean for elections.
April 11, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
The explosive growth of the Hispanic population reflected in the 2010 census will remake the electoral map—and could present Republicans with a challenge.
April 11, 2011 | Miami Herald
Miami-Dade County Commissioners formally scheduled a special election for May 24 to pick a new county mayor and District 13 commissioner.
April 11, 2011 | ABC 15
There's a new way of voting in Phoenix, and officials tell us it will save the city money and make it easier for citizens to vote.
April 10, 2011 | Technorati
The Latino vote will be a huge factor in who wins in 2012.
April 9, 2011 | The Economist
Ahead of the nation in the demographic shift from white to brown, California may thus be a warning for Republicans elsewhere.
April 8, 2011 | The Hill
Latinos are very young and that means we will be an electoral heavyweight for generations to come.
April 6, 2011 | CNN
The census is inherently political, even if most people don't see it that way.
April 6, 2011 | AZ Central
All future city elections in Tucson will be done by mail.
April 5, 2011 | Fox Reno
A new report from America’s Voice examines – and demolishes – the claim that Republicans can maintain a hard line on immigration reform and still court the Latino vote simply by running Latino candidates like Governor Brian Sandoval.
April 4, 2011 | Texas GOP Vote
Victory in 2012 and beyond begins with a Republican revival among Hispanic voters.
April 4, 2011 | Fox News
From the Cuban-Americans in Miami to the Mexican Americans of California, Latin Americans in the United States now number more than 50-million strong.
March 31, 2011 | Hispanically Speaking News
With the recent release of the national Census data pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing!
March 31, 2011 | ABC 27
President Barack Obama, aware of news that the U.S. Hispanic population has hit 50 million, is turning his attention on issues key to Hispanics, including education.
March 30, 2011 | CBS News
If there was any doubt over the growing clout of Latino voters, the data released by the U.S. Census last week should put it to rest.
March 27, 2011 | Washington Post
If demographics is destiny, then Republicans may have a major political problem on their hands.
March 25, 2011 | About.com
Immigration reform undoubtedly must be on the presidential and Democratic agenda in the 112th Congress, given 2010 census results showing that fully one in six Americans is now of Latino origin.
March 24, 2011 | Christian Science Monitor
The US Hispanic population grew 43 percent during the past decade to 50.5 million – more than half the country's population growth. The demographic trend could impact elections.
March 24, 2011 | News Max
The number of Hispanics is growing sharply in several states that Republicans see as very important in their effort to regain control of the Senate.
March 24, 2011 | The Hill
Hispanic populations have grown dramatically in several states Republicans see as crucial to their party’s efforts to retake the Senate.
March 24, 2011 | MSNBC
The potential clout of Latino voters has become as familiar a story line as the gender gap.
March 23, 2011 | CA Independent Voter Network
Independent and Latino voters are among the fastest growing segments of California’s electorate.
March 21, 2011 | Huffington Post
A recent poll out of California found an uphill battle for Republicans hoping to make inroads with Latinos, the largest and fastest growing minority in the United States.
March 21, 2011 | Statesman
March 19, 2011 | Daily Democrat
Woodland Community College, as part of Univision's "Ya es Hora" campaign, will be holding a Voter Registration Drive on Tuesday, from 1 until 7 p.m.
March 18, 2011 | Politico
A new poll out of California found little hope for Republicans among the nation's fastest-growing electoral demographic.
March 17, 2011 | The Record
Latinos now constitute the largest segment of Stockton’s voting-age population, but so far, they have not been the city’s loudest political voice.
March 17, 2011 | Fox & Hounds Daily
The growth of the Latino vote in California should compel the state's Republican candidates to learn more about this growing demographic whose share of the statewide vote has consistently grown.
March 17, 2011 | Columbus Telegram
Latinos make up an estimated 8 percent of the 1.8 million people living in Nebraska, and only about half of them are U.S. citizens of voting age, but that number is likely to rise.
Latinos now make up the largest segment of Stockton's voting-age population, but their numbers have not necessarily translated as political clout.
March 15, 2011 | Latina Lista
During Chicago's November general election, no candidate received the majority or 50 percent plus one vote.
March 13, 2011 | St. Petersburg Times
Morejon said Hispanics will show up to vote, and he expects to see either candidate include them in executive and other levels of a new administration.
March 10, 2011 | Modesto Bee
At a Latino Community Roundtable forum Thursday, three candidates promised color-blind leadership for Modesto if elected to the mayor's office in November.
March 10, 2011 | Washington Post
A controversial move by New Hampshire Republicans to prohibit voting by many of the state's college students appears to be dead - at least for now.
March 9, 2011 | New America Media
The most diverse state in the nation became even more so over the past decade, with big shifts in California’s ethnic populations likely to trigger seismic changes in its political landscape as well.
March 8, 2011 | Bloomberg
“Latinos are moving into the suburbs,” said Tony Quinn, and “It’s going to affect Republican seats that have been safe for a decade.”
March 8, 2011 | National Journal
In order to compete in the future, Republicans have to find a way to appeal to Hispanic voters.
March 8, 2011 | The New Republic
As such, winning Ohio is a statistical “tipping-point” for any presidential election.
March 7, 2011 | Washington Examiner
In a city that's had a rising Hispanic population for the past decade, Lopez is the first serious Latino candidate for public office.
March 7, 2011 | The Atlantic
A wave of young Hispanic voters is about to hit the polls, leaders of the community said today.
March 7, 2011 | The New York Times
Georgia's top court has upheld a state law that requires voters to show photo identification before they cast ballots.
March 2, 2011 | Omaha World Herald
Nebraska's fiscal woes are derailing a proposal that would require citizens to show photo identification to vote.
March 1, 2011 | The Texas Tribune
In Texas, the controversial voter ID bill came before the House Select Committee on Voter Identification and Voter Fraud this morning — and it was a tense scene.
February 28, 2011 | Reading Eagle
Robert Carvajal believes the timing is right, that the Latinos who make up a large part of Reading are ready for a Latino district judge.
February 26, 2011 | Lubbock Online
Latinos don’t vote based on ethnicity or on the immigration stance of any given candidate.
February 25, 2011 | EGP News Service
It was standing room only at a Meet the Candidates Town Hall meeting in the city of Bell last week.
February 23, 2011 | Texas Insider
Republicans don’t need to carry the Latino vote — yet — but in the near term, and particularly in presidential cycles, they need to stay reasonably competitive.
February 22, 2011 | National Journal
Rahm Emanuel’s impressive victory in Chicago’s mayoral race on Tuesday night underscores the changing politics and demographics of a city famous for its racial and ethnic divisions.
February 22, 2011 | The Orange County Register
Obama's approval ratings among Latino voters increased to 70 percent after falling as low as 57 percent in June 2010 in a Gallup poll, according to La Opinión.
February 18, 2011 | Reuters
Whether former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wins the Chicago mayoral election on Tuesday or has to go to a run-off may hinge on the city's growing Hispanic vote.
February 17, 2011 | The Hill
February 16, 2011 | The Huffington Post
One demographic where he doesn't have a clear majority is among Latino voters.
February 15, 2011 | Washington Post
What the census shows is that America's racial minorities, aggregated together, are on track to become its majority.
February 14, 2011 | Sign on San Diego
Elections in San Diego County could be conducted entirely by mail under legislation introduced Monday.
February 14, 2011 | Politico
President Barack Obama’s approval rating among Latino voters increased again to 70% after decreasing in mid-2010.
February 14, 2011 | Business Wire
Results indicate optimism towards Democratic leadership but a lack of progress on issues key to Hispanics
February 11, 2011 | Business Wire
impreMedia, the leading Hispanic news and information company, has partnered with Latino Decisions to release a series of six national polls among Latino registered voters.
February 10, 2011 | EGP News Report
Bell residents are encouraged to attend and learn about the people seeking to represent their city.
February 10, 2011 | Impre
An opinion poll among Latino voters in the United States revealed a high level of economic anxiety in the community.
February 9, 2011 | American Banking & Market News
Legislator receives organization’s prestigious award for outstanding public service
February 8, 2011 | The Huffington Post
"If you come out early and vote for your candidate, people will see those results and it'll encourage them to do the same."
February 3, 2011 | ABC News
Recall election candidates in scandal-plagued California city vow to be honest.
February 3, 2011 | Bloomberg
The Hispanic population in Virginia surged in urban areas in the last 10 years, potentially transforming key voting districts in the swing state.
February 1, 2011 | The Miami Herald
Officials in Palm Beach County say they're taking steps to speed up vote-counting after elections.
January 31, 2011 | The Huffington Post
Relative to his opponents in the Chicago mayoral race, Miguel del Valle is shy on cash, lacking in clout and clearly the underdog. But that's never stopped him before.
January 27, 2011 | The Huffington Post
Corporations and politicians alike see Latinos as critical to their success, and so scramble to secure their support.
January 27, 2011 | Texas Monthly
State Rep. Aaron Peña of Edinburg is forming a legislative Hispanic Republican Conference.
January 26, 2011 | Fox News Latino
"These are two credible, viable Latino candidates for all of Chicago, and either one could run the city well."
January 24, 2011 | National Journal
The two most likely candidates to reach the runoff -- if Emanuel is out of the race -- are Braun and former Chicago Public Schools President Gery Chico.
January 24, 2011 | Washington Post
I spoke by phone this morning with Gov. Susan Martinez of New Mexico. She is a former district attorney, a former Democrat, and the country's first Latina governor.
January 24, 2011 | Latino Decisions
In 2012, due to declining approval of Obama among Whites, and a change in the number of electoral college votes, Latino voters, and Latino influence states are likely to play a very crucial role.
January 24, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
One thing they generally have not been doing is reaching out to Hispanics, a voting bloc that's important to GOP success in the long term.
January 21, 2011 | SI Live
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis realized her American dream last night with her swearing-in as Staten Island’s first Hispanic elected official.
January 21, 2011 | Fox News
When Obama takes to the podium next week and delivers his annual address, he will be trying to rally a country that, politically, needs Latinos more than ever before.
January 20, 2011 | Radio Iowa
A bill that would require all voters in Iowa to show a photo I.D. before casting a ballot has gone through an initial review at the statehouse.
January 20, 2011 | The Uptowner
Espaillat is not the typical New York state senator. He immigrated to upper Manhattan from the Dominican Republic when he was nine, and was nearly 11 before he learned fluent English.
January 19, 2011 | CBS News
Of all the groups in the electorate that the Republican Party has to do a better job connecting with, perhaps the most important are Hispanic voters.
January 19, 2011 | The Huffington Post
In the past two months two prominent Republican leaders hosted national conferences to address what many call the Republican's Latino "problem."
January 18, 2011 | North Lake Tahoe Bonanza
Hispanic GOP candidates for office did exceptionally well in last November's election.
January 18, 2011 | Color Lines
In Compton, California, three Latinas have sued the city government, charging that its elections have violated the California Voting Rights Act, and the city’s Latino residents’ civil rights along with it.
January 17, 2011 | Chicago Tribune
January 15, 2011 | Miami Herald
"It would be incredibly stupid over the long haul to ignore the burgeoning Hispanic vote,'' the former Florida governor told a packed audience...
January 15, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
Hispanics have been key to Florida's population growth and should get more representation, leaders say.
January 13, 2011 | Miami Herald
By 2015, Latinos will be on the brink of surpassing Anglos as the largest group in Texas.
January 13, 2011 | Pasadena Star-News
Facing the threat of a lawsuit, the Pasadena Unified School District must change its election process to include more Latinos on its board...
January 12, 2011 | The OC Register
As California Republicans regroup after November's sweeping losses, the state's rapidly growing Latino electorate offers a potential gold mine of votes.
January 12, 2011 | Pasadena Star News
Latino voters now hold the keys to a City Council district that has traditionally represented blacks.
January 11, 2011 | The Washington Post
In a city with a long history of voting along ethnic lines, there are two prominent Latinos running for Chicago mayor.
January 10, 2011 | CNN
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is calling on conservatives to step up their outreach to Hispanic voters if they want to remain politically relevant.
January 10, 2011 | NY Daily News
Their party may have lost control of the state Senate, but Latino Democrats are gaining power - and possibly helping to hobble the hopes of a new breakaway caucus.
January 10, 2011 | Southern Political Report
Most Latino, or Hispanic, voters and elected officials across the nation are Democrats. Most, but not all.
January 9, 2011 | Chicago Sun-Times
Rep. Luis Gutierrez plans to endorse mayoral candidate Gery Chico at a news conference this morning.
January 9, 2011 | PolitiFact
The 2010 midterm elections saw the rise of a number of Hispanic candidates elected to prominent positions.
January 8, 2011 | Politics Daily
With historic victories in the midterm elections, Hispanics flexed their growing political muscle.
January 8, 2011 | Chron National
atino political clout stayed steady in the new Congress that convened this week following the election of five new Hispanic House members and one senator.
January 7, 2011 | NBC Bay Area
The most significant change may be the fastest growing set of voters who participate in that system - Latinos.
January 5, 2011 | Medill on the Hill
Among the dozens of newly elected officials sworn in Wednesday on Capitol Hill, five are making history. They are Hispanic and Republican...
January 5, 2011 | UPI
States set to gain congressional representatives have larger Hispanic populations than other states, the Pew Hispanic Center said Wednesday.
January 5, 2011 | SI Live
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis becomes Staten Island’s first Hispanic elected official.
January 5, 2011 | Pew Hispanic Center
January 3, 2011 | National Post
Is three days into 2011 too early to begin intensive number-crunching over the 2012 presidential vote?
January 3, 2011 | PBN
Angel Taveras became Providence’s first Latino mayor at 12:01 a.m. on Monday.
January 2, 2011 | Denver Post
Latinos made huge progress earlier this year when Angela Giron and Lucia Guzman were appointed to vacant Senate seats.
January 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
New Mexico's first Latina governor, Susana Martinez, faces an array of stiff budget challenges when she takes office.
December 31, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
A group of young Latino professionals that included staffers from several Chicago mayoral campaigns sat down recently to talk about a shared interest: power and how to get it.
December 29, 2010 | WBEZ 91.5
Illinois may be losing a Congressional seat, but new Census figures could be good news for the state’s Latinos.
December 23, 2010 | The Washington Post
Many of the states that stand to gain seats in Congress and electoral votes in presidential elections are growing because of Hispanics.
December 23, 2010 | CBS News
In addition to states like Florida and Texas, Georgia may also be able to attribute its electoral vote pickup to a growing Hispanic population.
December 22, 2010 | Yahoo! News
As the immigrant and Hispanic population grows in the United States it will be increasingly important to get the attention of those voters by the time the 2012 election is upon us.
December 21, 2010 | The Atlantic
The real Census-politics story won't be written for a few months, when we find out how many Hispanic voters the country has gained.
December 20, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
Plaintiffs hope to gain representation on the City Council and other panels by ending at-large elections.
December 13, 2010 | Sacramento Bee
Intense partisan battles for the governorship and a U.S. Senate seat and several high-profile ballot measures drove California's voter turnout last month...
December 12, 2010 | NPR
There's a good chance America will eventually look like San Antonio.
December 5, 2010 | Public Radio International
Latinos are one of the fastest growing groups in the United States, and candidates are going to have to start working harder their votes.
November 30, 2010 | U.S. News and World Report
November 28, 2010 | Las Vegas Review Journal
"The sleeping giant is waking up," Flores said.
November 27, 2010 | Washington Post
Exit polls reported by CNN and updated this week reveal that a historically robust 38 percent of Hispanic voters cast ballots for...
November 26, 2010 | WNYC
With the 2010 election behind us and the 2012 contest beyond our focus, this is an opportune time to think about how to improve the quality of our democracy.
November 26, 2010 | CBC News
...the Latino vote, 25 per cent of the electorate, broke 63-30 for Brown.
November 24, 2010 | MarketWire
LATISM Calls on California Civic Leaders, Business Leaders and Students to Help Launch Campaign
November 24, 2010 | Go San Angelo
Similarly, the role played by Latino voters since the 1960s has been to correct a discrepancy, one concerning representation.
November 22, 2010 | East Valley Tribune
The Latino voting bloc has increased by more than 1 million nationally for every midterm election cycle since 1998.
November 22, 2010 | Politics Daily
Out of the historic victory of a surprising number of Hispanic Republican candidates in the midterms two weeks ago, a new political profile of Latino leadership is taking shape...
November 22, 2010 | The New York Times
Eligible Hispanic voters represent about 9 percent of the national electorate, a slight increase over previous years...
November 18, 2010 | News Review
Having proven their political muscle in Nevada, Latinos are now likely to see their influence grow.
November 16, 2010 | Live Shots
The election may be over, but a few races have yet to be decided. In California, the race for Attorney General is a nail biter....too close to call with many more votes left to count.
November 16, 2010 | Diversity Executive
The recent midterm election results were historic for Hispanics.
November 16, 2010 | Huffington Post
Latinos in 2010 affirmed their influential role in American politics, as voters and as candidates, and this will only be magnified in the 2012 election.
November 15, 2010 | The Bellingham Herald
Nov. 2 was a victory for Latinos.
November 14, 2010 | News OK
This month's midterm elections were historic for Hispanics.
November 12, 2010 | My San Antonio
I'm interested, as always, in the effect that Latino voters had on the results. Ours is a multi-dimensional American society...
November 10, 2010 | Independent Voter Network
Will the Hispanic vote, however, continue to be as monolithic as it has been in the past or are there indications that seem to say otherwise?
November 10, 2010 | La Prensa Toledo
The 2010 elections showed unprecedented activism by immigrants rights groups working to engage their communities and encourage voting.
November 10, 2010 | Huffington Post
Let's say you're a Latino voter. (Not too hard, right?) You're curious about turnout, and wins and losses, so you're looking over the landscape left by the momentous midterm elections. What do you see?
November 10, 2010 | Florida Independent
Florida Republican Marco Rubio won the race for the U.S. Senate with a wide margin — one of several victories for Latino Republicans on Nov. 2.
November 9, 2010 | American Progress
Latino voters had a lot to be steamed about in this midterm election. Immigrant bashing reached a new low this campaign season and Latino voters reacted, causing significant reverberations. Their turnout protected incumbent senators in Nevada, Colorado, and California and decided the balance of power in the upper chamber.
November 9, 2010 | Color Lines
The growing Latino electorate is part of the country’s political destiny; it’s estimated that every year for the next 20 years another 500,000 U.S.-born Latino youth will reach voting age. The fight for the Latino community’s vote will definitely be a vicious one, and the midterm elections provided a glimpse into what we can expect for 2012.
November 8, 2010 | NPR
There weren't many bright spots for Democrats in Tuesday's midterm election, but in those races where they were successful some suggest Latino voters provided the key boost leading to a win.
November 8, 2010 | Bloomberg
Nationwide, Hispanics are the biggest -- and the fastest- growing -- minority group. The Census Bureau estimates their numbers have more than doubled in the U.S. since 1990, to about 48 million. They comprise about 10 percent of the national electorate, double from 20 years ago, and that figure should double again in 20 years, said Fernand Amandi, a Miami-based political consultant and pollster who specializes in the Hispanic vote, citing Census data.
November 8, 2010 | CBS News
On Saturday in Las Vegas, nine card players, dubbed the November Nine, battled for the coveted gold bracelet at the final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event. In only twenty-four months, the Democratic and Republican nominees will face off in the country's next political 'main event' - the 2012 Presidential Election.
November 8, 2010 | Capitol Hill Blue
The economy and jobs were top concerns of Latinos who voted in Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to new data from an election night poll conducted by Latino Decisions in eight states where high Latino voter turnout was critical to election outcomes.
November 7, 2010 | Politico
Hispanic voters saved the Democratic Party Tuesday — buoying Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, keeping California blue, playing an outsize role in preserving the party’s Senate majority and demonstrating a partisan loyalty Democrats didn’t exactly earn in two years of inaction on immigration policy.
November 6, 2010 | Star Telegram
Hispanic Republican candidates scored record gains at all levels of government in Tuesday's elections, significantly advancing their party's longtime goal to widen its reach within the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group.
November 6, 2010 | The Bulletin
Rubio, Martinez, And Sandoval Win Races
November 6, 2010 | The Hill
The Latino vote will be crucial for either party in 2012 as they compete for control of the White House. Moving on comprehensive immigration reform could be key to securing those votes.
November 6, 2010 | Sacramento Bee
It's now a California where Latino voters have come into their own as a pivotal voting bloc, with the power to punish candidates seen as unfriendly on immigration policy.
November 6, 2010 | The Denver Post
The 2012 presidential election unofficially began on Nov. 3. You can be sure that the Latino electorate will grow and strengthen in the next two years. Democrats, Republicans and tea party members will need to start paying more attention to their needs. Latinos do vote.
November 5, 2010 | The New York Times
“The vote showed that Latinos are a force to be reckoned with in both parties,” said Clarissa Martinez de Castro, director of immigration and national campaigns at the National Council of La Raza.
November 5, 2010 | Colorado Independent
Eighty-one percent of Latino voters in Colorado voted for Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet.
November 4, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
Strength of the Latino vote is a key factor in the GOP's tepid showing in the state.
November 4, 2010 | VC Star
A surge in enthusiasm among Latino voters between Labor Day and Election Day led to a record-breaking turnout largely responsible for Gov.-elect Jerry Brown’s decisive victory.
November 3, 2010 | Miami Herald
Hispanic candidates emerged as winners after Tuesday's elections, lifting the number of Hispanic members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to record levels.
November 3, 2010 | PR Newswire
Strong Latino voter turnout in key battle ground states has demonstrated once again that the growing Hispanic population is having an increasingly profound impact on US elections.
November 3, 2010 | Huffington Post
Lesson 3: Winning the Presidency is going to be almost impossible without Latinos and immigrants.
November 3, 2010 | The Washington Independent
“Political parties that demonize or take Latinos for granted are doing it at their great risk,” Clarissa Martinez de Castro of National Council of La Raza said on the call.
November 3, 2010 | Pew Hispanic Center
Tuesday's midterm elections were historic for Hispanics. For the first time ever, three Latino candidates -- all of them Republicans -- won top statewide offices. In New Mexico, voters elected the nation's first Latina governor, Republican Susana Martinez. In Nevada, Republican Brian Sandoval won the governor's race and became Nevada's first Hispanic governor. And in Florida, Republican Marco Rubio won the U.S. Senate race.
November 1, 2010 | Hispanically Speaking News
Latinos are poised to play a critical role in this year’s midterm election, and the NALEO Educational Fund is ready to ensure that all eligible Latino voters have the information and support needed to cast their ballots and have their voices heard.
November 1, 2010 | AFP
The number of Hispanic voters who cast early ballots in this year's legislative elections grew by 13 percent compared to 2006, a senior White House official said Monday.
November 1, 2010 | Latino Decisions
The percentage of Latinos reporting a certainty of voting has climbed to 76.9%, its highest level in the entire track.
November 1, 2010 | Latina Lista
The epitome of strength of the Latino vote is, of course, turnout.
November 1, 2010 | NY Daily News
Will Latinos vote en masse in Tuesday's midterm election or are they so disillusioned by unfulfilled promises and empty rhetoric they will simply stay home instead of exercising their right?
November 1, 2010 | MSNBC
There could be a new record for turnout in a midterm election set Tuesday night.
November 1, 2010
With Latinos poised to play a decisive role in key races nationwide and in Texas, Latino voters and their family members will gather at PlazAmericas on Election Night to watch the returns. The event will be an opportunity to speak with Latino voters about concerns with jobs, health care and education for their families, as well as about the impact of anti-immigration sentiment on their voting behavior.
November 1, 2010 | Terra.com
For the past years, Latinos may have lagged behind in voting because many of them were under the age of 18, now they are more ready to vote and make a difference.
October 30, 2010 | Pueblo Chieftain
Former Denver mayor addresses Latino chamber.
October 30, 2010 | Hispanically Speaking News
In light of news about various efforts to suppress the Latino vote in several states, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) has put together the following list of suggestions to help you be prepared on Election Day.
October 29, 2010 | The Associated Press
Arturo Vargas, executive director of the bipartisan National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, said Hispanics have the potential to swing several gubernatorial and congressional races.
October 29, 2010 | MSNBC
Hispanic votes could swing gubernatorial and congressional races in several battleground states
October 29, 2010 | FT.com
The vast number of Latinos in California means they speak with a powerful voice in the state.
October 28, 2010 | M&C News
The Hispanic community is already the largest minority in the country, and it keeps growing. More than 6.5 million Latinos are registered to vote next week, up 17 per cent from the last mid-term election in 2006, according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), which has both Democrats and Republicans among its members.
October 28, 2010 | AFP
October 28, 2010 | Fox News Latino
Hispanic candidates are everywhere this year – even in states where you wouldn’t expect to see a Latino name on the ballot.
October 28, 2010 | NCLR
October 28, 2010 | Wall Street Journal
Meanwhile, Univision, the largest Spanish-language network, has teamed up with the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, a non-partisan group, and ImpreMedia LLC, the largest Spanish-language publisher in the U.S., in another campaign that began airing this week.
October 27, 2010 | Latino Decisions
This week, 75.1% of Latino registered voters indicated they were “almost certain” to turn out, and this number has increased almost 10% over four weeks ago.
October 27, 2010 | Oregon Live
It is time to shatter the myth of the monolithic "Latino vote."
October 27, 2010 | Channel News Asia
Politicians across the United States are courting the votes of one segment of the population that made a big difference in several states in the presidential elections of 2008 -- the Latinos.
October 25, 2010 | ABC News
High Turnout Among Latino Voters Could Make the Difference for Dems in Colorado, California, Nevada.
October 24, 2010 | Gainesville Times
Panel stresses growth in population, need for better communication
October 22, 2010 | KYMA News 11
Ruben Chavez Jr., 24, made his way door-to-door to encourage Hispanics in Yuma to vote.
October 21, 2010 | Technorati
Keep your eyes on the Arizona elections this year. There may be a few surprises. Leaders in the Hispanic community are working hard to get out the vote, which could make the difference between a win and a loss in key political races.
October 21, 2010 | Reuters
"The Latino vote has never been more important in Nevada," Arguello-Kline said of the bloc that could hold the key to one of the West's top Senate races.
October 21, 2010 | CBS News
Candidates in Battleground States of California and Nevada Campaigning Hard for What May Be Deciding Votes from Latinos
October 21, 2010 | Washington Independent
Immigration Policy Center released a study today contending that “new Americans,” defined as recent naturalized citizens and U.S.-born children of immigrants from Latin America and Asia since 1965, are becoming increasingly powerful in elections as their numbers grow.
October 20, 2010 | The Miami Herald
Two weeks before elections in which Democrats in several states are nervous that depressed turnout by Latino voters could cost them their jobs, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an executive order to improve Hispanic children's educational opportunities.
October 19, 2010 | Business Wire
With exactly two weeks before the pivotal midterm elections, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund held an in-depth discussion and analysis at the National Press Club focusing on the anticipated impact Latino voters and Latino candidates will have on Election Day.
October 19, 2010 | Washington Post
Hispanic voters could have an outsize influence in a number of closely contested races next month, according to a report unveiled Tuesday by a nonpartisan organization of Latino government officials.
October 18, 2010 | KPBS
With midterm elections less than two weeks away, efforts to get the coveted Latino vote are ramping up. Democrats are hoping for a loyal turnout, while Republicans are appealing to the disenchanted.
October 16, 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle
The paradox of the 2010 election is that it offers a fascinating set of highly competitive races - but does not seem to be generating much excitement among California voters.
October 15, 2010 | ABC 7
Throughout California, there's a final push to register Latinos before Monday's deadline. There are nearly 17 million registered voters in California. Nearly 20 percent of them are Latino.
October 15, 2010 | News Channel 10
Both Republicans and Democrats are working to win the Hispanic vote.
October 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
Californians who have not yet registered and want to cast ballots next month may pick up voter registration forms at elections offices, post offices, city halls, libraries, fire stations and Department of Motor Vehicles offices, officials said. Registration forms must be postmarked no later than Monday, Oct. 18, to be valid.
October 14, 2010 | People's World
"Every day is Election Day from now until Nov. 2," said Petra Falcon of Promise Arizona, a group that is mobilizing Latino voter turnout in Arizona.
October 14, 2010 | America's Voice
Nationwide Effort Targets Over One Million Voters in $5.4+ Million Effort
October 14, 2010 | BeyondChron
With three weeks to go until election day the Latino Decisions tracking poll reports the first signs of increasing enthusiasm and vote intention among Latino registered voters in 2010.
October 13, 2010 | Cuentame
Cuentame, in partnership with several organizations, held a large voter registration drive on September 26th. Check out their video here.
October 13, 2010 | Stateline
The hot phrase for analysts of the 2010 midterm elections is “enthusiasm gap” — the level of eagerness to participate that one segment of voters has compared to another. Across the board this year, polls show that Republicans are more energized than Democrats are. But few groups are being watched as closely for signs of voting enthusiasm as Hispanic voters.
October 13, 2010 | Washington Post
The key to Democratic victories in California is high Latino turnout. In 2008, Latinos were 21 percent of California voters -- a six-point increase over their share in the 2006 midterms.
October 13, 2010 | America's Voice
Latino voters have the power to change the outcome of a number of crucial races in 2010. Whether they make the choice to vote or the choice to stay home will be decisive. Recent polls attempt to answer the all-important question of turnout. While it is too soon to tell whether Latino turnout will be up or down, the polls illuminate a number of factors that will determine the outcome.
October 12, 2010 | Latino Decisions
Contrary to Pew's latest study that suggest that Latinos are not motivated to vote this year, Latino Decisions latest poll shows that 75% of Latino registered voters are "almost certain" to vote next month.
October 12, 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle
Turning out Latino voters on Nov. 2 is vital to Democratic success in the midterm elections, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said today.
October 11, 2010 | The Boston Globe
As the race for governor heats up, Democrats buy television ads on Spanish-language stations to capture key Latino votes for Patrick.
October 11, 2010 | The Arizona Republic
Petra Falcon, executive director of Promise Arizona, talked about efforts to register Hispanic voters last week on Live Talk.
October 8, 2010 | POLITICO
The shifting political crosscurrents in the immigration debate are making it increasingly difficult to predict how Hispanic voters will behave in the upcoming midterm elections.
October 8, 2010 | The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. Senate race between Nevada's Democratic Sen. Harry Reid and Republican Sharron Angle, one of the fiercest battles in the country, could hinge on the candidates' opposing bets on the Hispanic vote.
October 8, 2010 | The Washington Post
Two authoritative polls released this week show that the Hispanic vote may hit historical high marks for the Democrats. The Pew Hispanic Center gave the party a 65 percent to 22 percent lead over the Republicans among registered Latino voters. Latino Decisions, a weekly tracking poll by Matt Barreto of the University of Washington and Gary Segura of Stanford, put the breakdown at 58 percent to 19 percent.
October 7, 2010 | AARP
Latinos could prove pivotal if they turn up at the polls in November.
October 7, 2010 | The Salt Lake Tribune
A poll released Tuesday suggests outrage over Arizona-style immigration bills — including one authored by Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem — is sowing discontent among Latinos toward the Republican Party.
October 6, 2010 | The Washington Post
There is good news and bad news for Democrats in a new poll ahead of the 2010 elections - Latinos support the party, but about half of those questioned say they might not show up at the polls on Nov. 2.
October 6, 2010 | NCLR
At a press conference today, a coalition of national Latino organizations issued an urgent call to Latino voters—who are likely to be key factors in several highly contested elections across the nation—to participate in the upcoming midterm election.
Groups that have been working to increase turnout among Hispanic voters are pondering this question: Are they mad enough?
October 4, 2010 | The Collegian
October 4, 2010 | KPBS
October 4, 2010 | The Californian
October 1, 2010 | KTNV News
September 29, 2010 | Latin American Herald Tribune
September 29, 2010 | counterpunch
September 28, 2010 | KENS 5
Local Hispanic groups have speared a campaign to motivate young Latino voters to hit the voting booths on Election Day.
September 16, 2010 | Miami Herald
September 16, 2010
September 15, 2010 | ABC News
September 15, 2010 | The Arizona Republic
September 14, 2010 | Capitol News Connection
September 10, 2010 | The Economist
September 1, 2010 | America's Voice
America's Voice released a new report, "The Power of the Latino Vote in the 2010 Elections", which highlights the influence that the Latino vote will have in this year's elections and the impact of the Latino voting bloc moving forward.
August 27, 2010
August 26, 2010 | Berkeley La Raza Law Journal
July 7, 2010 | The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
July 6, 2010 | statesman.com
July 6, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
Activists in Arizona hope increasing voter turnout among Latinos will reshape the state's policies; it's a campaign that worked in California in the 1990s.
June 29, 2010 | Associated Press
June 18, 2010 | The State
June 11, 2010 | The New York Times
June 8, 2010 | Reuters (Press Release)
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