Latino Decisions Blog
Latinos’ Support for Obama Solid in Florida
With the election less than two weeks away there has been a great deal of speculation about the Latino community’s support for President Obama, particularly in Florida. Most recently, an…
8 percent of Latinos have already voted early, enthusiasm up again in final week
The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll shows that Latinos are more enthusiastic and more likely to vote than ten weeks ago when the initial poll was fielded. Forty-five percent of…
LD Vote Predict Indicates Latinos Voters Will Support Obama Over Romney by 3 to 1 Margin
While President Obama’s support among Latino voters has fallen slightly from its peak prior to the first debate (week 6 of the tracking poll), effects of a poor debate performance…
Latino voters highly engaged in presidential election, support for Obama rises
The impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll latest results reveal a high level of interest and engagement by Latino voters in the upcoming congressional and presidential elections. [ Full wave 9 results…
Enthusiasm High among Colorado Latinos—Is it time for a new Latino voter impact narrative?
The Latino vote will help determine the presidential election. If one is not convinced, playing around with the Latino Decisions’ Latino Vote Map for a few of the battleground states…
Why the Latino vote may tilt Virginia blue in 2012
According to the Real Clear Politics average of polls in Virginia, Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney 48.4 to 47.6, a gap of less than 1%. In the race for U.S….
Obama slightly down among Latinos post-debate but Romney stuck in low 20s
ImpreMedia & Latino Decisions released the latest in a series of tracking polls today revealing support for President Obama slipped from 72% last week to 67% this week, suggesting that…
Why Arizona may be the surprise of 2012 – the big Latino vote that you didn’t see coming
In 2010, the average of 16 polls of likely voters in Nevada suggested Sharon Angle had a firm 3 point lead, and 538’s Nate Silver gave her an 83.4% chance…
Republicans fail to improve their image among Latinos, but have opportunity on education
The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll released today revealed a continued trend in support for President Obama, and increased dissatisfaction with Republican outreach towards Latino voters, with a possible opening…
Demographic Change and Partisan Gain in Nevada
As the 2012 election moves into its final month, Nevada looms large in most Electoral College prognostications regarding the presidential race and the outcome of the state’s United States Senate…
Romney’s Likely Share of Latino Vote Plummets to 23% Based on LD Vote Predict
It seems that Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s hopes of reaching a respectable level of support among Latino voters may be dwindling. The Romney campaign’s own stated target of 38% of…
Wave 6 Tracking Poll: Obama widens lead nationally, Romney closer in battleground states
This week’s impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll found slight gains for presidential candidate Mitt Romney in battleground states with 33% certain to or thinking about voting for him. However, the over…
Growth in Latino enthusiasm and Democratic vote numbers disheartening for the GOP
Week 5 of the ImpreMedia/Latino Decisions 2012 Tracking Poll reveals stabilizing numbers in the Presidential election, growing Latino support in the generic House ballot and—perhaps most importantly for Democratic prospects…
The Latino gender gap: Latina voters prefer Obama by 53 point margin
With seven weeks until the election Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s potential gender gap with women faces a new hurdle in the Latino community, as reported today by Pilar Marrero. According…
Tracking Poll Wave 3: No increase in Latino enthusiasm following conventions
Despite two weeks of widespread political coverage in which both parties made an effort to reach out to Latino voters, enthusiasm about November is still very much in question. Wave…
Introducing LD Vote Predict
This is the second of two posts introducing new models that Latino Decisions will use in predicting Latino voter turnout along with the choice of candidate by those voters who…
Tracking Poll Wave 2: Romney gains among Latinos post-convention
After a week in the spotlight in which many prominent Latinos took to the stage at the RNC Convention, the impreMedia/Latino Decisions tracking poll finds a noticeable bump in support…
Tracking Poll Wave 1: Latino vote uphill climb for Romney
By Pilar Marrero, impreMedia Just before the beginning of the Republican National Convention in Tampa presidential candidate Mitt Romney continues to overwhelmingly lose the Latino vote and has low levels…
Nominating Marco Rubio Likely Not a Game Changer for Romney in Florida
As we get closer to the Republican National Convention in August in Tampa Bay, FL, speculation grows as to who Mitt Romney will nominate as his candidate for Vice President….
Slides from recent webinar hosted by Matt Barreto from Latino Decisions and Frank Sharry of America’s Voice
Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions and Frank Sharry of America’s Voice recently hosted a webinar where they discussed the full results from their post-SB1070 decision National Survey of Latino registered…