Latino Decisions Blog
The Diminishing Power of Public Sector Unions: Latinos Have a Large Stake in the Debate
By Stella Manrique Rouse, University of Maryland The collective bargaining power of public employee unions has been at the forefront of political debate over the past year. Elections in 2010…
Immigration Policy is Personal for Latinos
The most interesting trend from the June impreMedia/Latino Decisions (LD) poll is the personal relationship that the Latino community has with immigration policies. As reported here earlier, a majority of…
Is There an Ethnic Dimension to the Immigration Debate?
By Rene Rocha, University of Iowa What determines public opinion on immigration policy has been the subject of much debate. Among the most regularly cited explanations are a series of…
Do Immigrants Actually Make Us Less Safe?
By Christopher Lyons and Maria Vélez, University of New Mexico Advocates for more punitive immigration laws often argue that there is a correlation between immigration and crime, thus contending that…
Latinos divided on Obama and immigration
By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-06-13 New Poll Results Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA.- The number of Latino voters who intend to support President Barack Obama increased by 9%…
June Tracking Poll: Immigration is a critical issue for voters
By Pilar Marrero, impreMedia, [email protected] | 2011-06-09 LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Latino voters are not unfamiliar with the critical situation faced by undocumented immigrants who live in the United States….
Latino Decisions and impreMedia to release new poll on Immigration Policy
New: June 9 Survey Results Click Here Latino Decisions and impreMedia will be releasing data from a new survey focused on the Latino electorate’s attitudes and experiences with immigration policy…
The Disproportionate Impact of Photo-ID Laws on the Minority Electorate
By Gabriel R. Sanchez, Stephen A. Nuño, and Matt A. Barreto Following the Crawford v. Marion County Election Board decision of the Supreme Court which upheld the stringent photo-identification policy…
One Year After SB1070: Why Immigration Will Not Go Away
By Sylvia Manzano One year after Arizona SB1070 was signed into law, immigration policy remains foremost on the minds of Latino voters. Results from the April 2011 impreMedia-Latino Decisions poll…
Perceptions of party outreach to Latinos key to 2012 vote
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. Despite a…
Housing crisis making Latino voters anxious, strong support for mortgage assistance
By Pilar Marrero, impreMedia The effects of the mortgage crisis continue to make the U.S.’s Latino community very anxious. Both homeowners and renters are still being affected by the depressed…
Latino Decisions and impreMedia to release new poll on Housing Policy
New Poll Results Posted Here Latino Decisions and impreMedia will be releasing data from a new survey focused on how the national housing crisis has impacted the Latino population on…
Where Latino Votes Will Matter in 2012
With the recent release of the national Census data pundits have been quick to point out the obvious: the Latino population is growing! As if data points from the annual…
Losing Traction? Latino Support for Affordable Care Act Remains High but Shows Some Signs of Faltering
The federal health care reform debates captured the nation’s attention during President Obama’s first year in office. Despite tremendous financial and political obstacles, on March 23, 2010 President Obama and…
Why the DREAM Act will matter in the 2012 election
In December 2005 H.R. 4437, aka the “Sensenbrenner Bill” was passed by the House of Representatives and the issue of immigration became front page news in American politics. The bill…
70% of Latinos approve of Obama – but only 43% are certain to vote for Obama in 2012
By Pilar Marrero, impreMedia Despite the dire situation of the economy and the lack of immigration solutions, President Barack Obama’s approval rating among Latino voters increased again to 70% after…
impreMedia-Latino Decisions Tracking Poll: Immigration and Economy Are Top Concerns for US Latinos
Thirty-seven percent are ‘very worried’ that they or someone in their household will become unemployed LOS ANGELES, CA –February 10, 2011 – impreMedia, the leading Hispanic news and information company,…
Latino Decisions to form partnership with impreMedia on 2011 Latino Decisions Tracking Poll
Latino Decisions announced today they will collaborate with impreMedia on six monthly tracking polls in 2011. The first tracking poll will be released on Thursday, February 10, 2011. impreMedia is…
Latino influence states even more important in 2012 electoral college map
In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama won the important Latino battleground states of Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Florida on his way to winning 365 total electoral college votes….
Latinos Make their Mark: Demographics, Destiny and Reapportionment
Four weeks ago the US Census Bureau gave the nation a first glimpse at the 2010 data. Over 308 million people live in the United States now; a 10% increase…