Latino Decisions Blog
Latinos support health care reform but not mandate
By Pilar Marrero– [email protected] | 2011-10-13 New Poll Results Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA. – Latino voters have a complicated relationship with the health care reform law approved in March…
Latino Decisions and impreMedia to release new poll on Health Care Policy
Latino Decisions and impreMedia in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico will be releasing data from a new…
A Response to Whit Ayres’ Response
By Gary Segura and Gabriel Sanchez Whit Ayers, of Ayres/McHenry, responded to the criticisms raised of his new poll of Latinos by making three points. 1) That language was not…
Despite Conservative Bias, Republican Poll Still Shows Disastrous Disadvantage for Republicans Among Latinos
On Friday, the GOP campaign consulting firm Ayres, McHenry, and Associates released a new poll sponsored by the Resurgent Republic—a GOP research and public affairs organization—and the Hispanic Leadership Network,…
High Stakes: Thursday’s Presidential Address is Critical to Latino Voters
By Gabriel Sanchez President Obama is set to give a speech focused on his plans for job growth before a Joint Session of Congress in primetime Thursday night. Political pundits…
President Obama’s image takes a hit
By Pilar Marrero – [email protected] | 2011-08-22 New Poll Results Posted Here LOS ANGELES, CA.- The most recent poll of Latino voters reveals a continuing political problem for President Barack…
Are Latinos Willing to Pay the Price of Immigration Reform?
By Francisco Pedraza, Texas A&M University In his most recent statement on immigration, a speech in May of 2011 in El Paso, President Obama framed immigration in economic terms and…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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….
Despite large lead, Dem vote choice still underperforms Democratic partisanship
With little more than two weeks to go until the November election, the most apparent characteristic of this week’s track is stability. Latinos prefer Democratic candidates to Republican candidates, 59.0%…
4 weeks until election, economy and immigration still top issues for Latinos
It has been a very busy week since our last post. The issue of immigration jumped back into the spotlight as the Whitman housekeeper saga unfolded (over days), California’s gubernatorial…
Latino voter tracking poll: Some brightening news for Democrats?
With five weeks of interviewing complete, we are beginning to see several patterns emerging on several dimensions of importance, even as other measures exhibit a bit of bouncing around, suggesting…
Republicans face new low, but Dems haven’t capitalized on Latino vote yet
Latinos are becoming increasingly frustrated with the Republican party, following three weeks of data from the Latino Decisions weekly national tracking poll of Latino registered voters, though Democrats have not…
Latino vote in midterms more Democratic — but many warning signs for Democrats appear
With three weeks of interviewing complete in the Latino Decisions tracking poll, a wave of small but consistent shifts suggests concern for Democrats. The good news for Democrats is that…
LD Tracking Poll: Obama approval falls, Economy, Immigration dominate 2010 election
A new tracking poll survey released today by Latino Decisions shows a clear majority of Latinos approve of President Barack Obama, however his ratings are down by almost 10 points…