Latino Decisions Blog
A Presidential Status Plebiscite for Puerto Rico?
On July 17, 2013 the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2014 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which included a request by President Barack H. Obama to fund…
Latino non-citizens are neither Democrats nor Republicans
It is well documented that anti-Latino rhetoric and policies by Republican candidates since the mid-1990s led Latino voters to abandon the GOP in favor of the Democratic Party (Bowler and…
The Relevance of Media, Social Contact and Positive Contact on Stereotypes of Latinos
A recent Latino Decisions/National Hispanic Media Coalition (LD/NHMC) report explores the impact that media stereotypes of immigrants and Latinos have on non-Latinos’ negative attitudes toward these groups. Some of the…
New Perspectives on Latinos and the Affordable Care Act
Latino Decisions has released two recent surveys focused on analyzing Latino’s knowledge of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one national in focus and another specific to the Latino community in…
New Results from the Colorado Latino Health Care Survey
A new poll of Latino/Hispanic adults in the state of Colorado strongly suggests that the United States federal government needs to do much more outreach to Latinos regarding the Affordable…
Adelante con la Salud/Latino Decisions – Colorado Latino ACA Briefing
Join us for a Webinar on May 21 3:30pm EDT / 1:30pm MDT Space is limited Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/546048591 Join leaders from Adelante and Latino Decisions…
Gender and Undocumented Immigrant Experiences
Discussions about immigration reform largely focus on immigrants as workers. In fact, immigrants come to the U.S. for both work and family reasons. Understanding the factors that drive a decision…
Latinos remain committed to reducing air pollution and preventing climate change
Contrary to popular assumptions, Latinos are not a single issue group. Like many other Americans, Latinos care deeply about a variety of issues, including protecting the environment. In the latest…
For Hispanics in Texas border communities, politics isn’t just local – it’s personal
What happens under the pink dome in Texas doesn’t stay under the dome, according to a new Latino Decisions/Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) survey conducted among Hispanics in the state’s…
New National Latino Health Care Survey Results
A new poll of Latino/Hispanic adults strongly suggests that the Federal Government needs to do much more outreach to Latinos regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The poll, commissioned by…
Rubio’s coy immigration play
Originally Published at NBC LATINO Senator Marco Rubio got cold feet this Saturday. This weekend the Senator protested that the immigration negotiations were proceeding too hastily and that things were moving…
Immigration Equality-LD Poll: Latino Voters Overwhelming Support Inclusion of Gay Families in Immigration Reform
A new Immigration Equality/Latino Decisions poll of Latino voters shows strong support for immigration reform legislation that includes lesbian and gay binational couples. Support for ending the separation and exile…
We still need the Voting Rights Act to give equal access
This article was originally published at NBC LATINO These days, voting is largely uneventful. You show up at the polls, check in, vote, and get your sticker. Long gone are…
Latinos are the Holy Grail of the religious right
This article was originally published at NBC LATINO What do Evangelicals, Catholics, and Mormons all have in common? And no, this is not the beginning of a joke. The growth…
Truncated Transnationalism: The Migrant Vote in the 2012 Mexican Presidential Election
This article first appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas At a June 2012 voter registration training in Modesto, California—where eligible Latino voters are chronically…
Latino voter attitudes towards immigration reform policy
With a bi-partisan policy emerging in the Senate and more recent efforts in the House being led by Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Luis V. Gutierrez of I(D-Ill.), it appears…
Latino Representation in the 113th Congress
The 113th Congress includes a record number of thirty-eight Latinos elected officials. These notable numbers have both policy and political implications for the future of Latino politics in the United…
The Political Calculus of Immigration Reform
Yesterday Gary Segura, a Principal at Latino Decisions, and Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice conducted a webinar detailing the electoral benefits both Democrats and Republicans stand to gain…
A Path Forward for the GOP in Nevada?
In the wake of the 2012 election, there has been a good deal of hand-wringing among Republicans in response to their party’s dismal showing among Latinos. In no state was…
The Untapped Potential of the Latino Electorate
The 2012 election was a watershed moment for the Latino electorate in many respects. In giving President Obama a record level of support (75%), Latinos were decisive to the outcome;…